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Golden Bay Grand Stand
Golden Bay Grand Stand - media release
21 July
2017
The Golden Bay Grand Stand Community Trust (the Trust) believe their proposal to Tasman District Council (TDC) to purchase the Takaka grandstand and keep it in place involves no extra cost to council.
In the proposal, submitted by the trust this week, one option is for TDC to make their demolition budget over to the Trust. Even careful removal of the squash court will be much cheaper than demolition of both structures.
TDC will consider the
proposal at the Full Council Meeting of 27th July.
The
Trust has skilled sponsors from the community including
builders, engineers, contractors and legal support. They
say it makes sense to demolish the adjacent old squash court
in such a manner that the materials could be recycled. The
Trust believes they can accomplish the demolition with the
only cost being that to remove the parts of the cladding
that contain asbestos.
"We have a professional engineer's report that states “there is no legal requirement to strengthen this building” and we have no reason to disbelieve this. This all could happen very quickly - within three months – and both the grandstand and the new facility could then stand side by side fully used by all" says Trustee Jill Pearson.
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