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By Julie Asher of <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\"Wellington<\/p>\n

\nWellington firefighters at a house fire on Roxburgh Street. <\/span>
\nPhoto: RNZ<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Roxburgh Entertainment Centre will be rebuilt on its existing site.<\/p>\n

The Central Otago District Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to proceed with the construction of a new building on the Scotland St site of the former centre which was destroyed in a fire<\/a> in February last year.<\/p>\n

Central Otago District Mayor Tamah Alley told the meeting the council had been made “abundantly aware” of how important the project was to the people of the Teviot Valley.<\/p>\n

The council is to receive an insurance payout of $6.4 million to cover the rebuild.<\/p>\n

Alley said waiting for confirmation of the final payout had been “one of the biggest challenges” the council had faced on the project.<\/p>\n

“[But] now we know. We know the money, we know the location and hopefully that gives clarity for going forward.”<\/p>\n

Last week the Teviot Valley Community board passed a resolution to recommend the council proceed with the design and construction of the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre on the existing site as planned.<\/p>\n

It was one of three options presented by council staff.<\/p>\n

The board also recommended all options for activation of the site were considered as the project progressed and ensured there would be a continuous feedback loop with the project steering group and board as the design progressed.<\/p>\n

Council property officer Tara Bates said one submission had been received for an alternative site for the rebuild.<\/p>\n

Neighbour of the existing site Anne-Marie Gardiner suggested the council buy 1406sq m of her property to enlarge the existing site.<\/p>\n

A hotel built in 1915 took up about 420sq m of the site and could be incorporated into the new building, Gardiner said in her submission.<\/p>\n

The extra space would mean there would be space to incorporate a council hub, including the public library, into the entertainment centre complex, she said.<\/p>\n

Board chairman Mark Jessop said he understood the building met earthquake standards and had been extensively renovated in the 1990s following a fire and also had a new roof.<\/p>\n

Jessop said in general, a bigger site would offer more opportunities for the community, greater variety of use, along with a higher capital cost and potentially higher running costs, depending on whether it was an activated building or not.<\/p>\n

Council property and facilitates manager Garreth Robinson said<\/p>\n

Buying the extra property and considering shifting the council hub including the library to the new building would be a significant change that would have to be considered in the long-term plan next year, he said.<\/p>\n

Jessop said he favoured going ahead on the existing site while investigating creating a stage two for further expansion.<\/p>\n

However, he did not think the rest of the board would agree.<\/p>\n

Teviot ward councillor Curtis Pannett said he thought that would “muddy the waters” on the project.<\/p>\n

– Otago Daily Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rnz.co.nz \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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