The city council wants to demolish and rebuild the estate in an £80m regeneration scheme.
Plans to build 134 homes by demolishing most of Ekin Road in Cambridge are approved.
The maximum now allowed for the work near a lock on the River Cam is £2.44m, up from £850,000.
Initial estimates suggest the work could take more than a year.
Cambridge City Council benefits from increased tariffs and scrapping some free overnight parking.
A council updates its rules for dog owners, including where dogs must be on leads.
Cambridge City councillors increasing the budget to tackle the work to £2.44m.
People could have to pay to use another set of toilets in a tourist hotspot when they are reopened.
City council has amended provision on the Ekin Road development to secure government funding.