Work is expected to start early this year on redevelopment of the Bermagui Community Hall to incorporate a new Bega Valley Shire Council branch office and library, a Rural Transaction Centre, Community Technology Centre and visitors’ information centre.
The new facility will replace Council’s existing Bermagui branch office and library which have simply outgrown the premises in which they are currently housed.
Manager of Council’s Urban Projects and Buildings Unit, Mark Canaider, said the new building had been designed in close consultation with Bermagui residents. He described their input as invaluable. Mr Canaider said he was confident that a construction certificate for the new facility would be issued within the next few weeks.
Work is expected to take approximately 12 months with a gala opening planned for early 2006. A total of $1.5 million will be spent on the project, with the new facility designed to meet the needs of the community well into the future.
“The building would be unmistakably Bermagui and would complement the town’s coastal landscape,” Mr Canaider said.
