Press Release – Timaru District Council Timaru District Councils project to bring a new museum and a renewed theatre into the heart of the city has reached another major milestone with the sign off of concept designs. Council signed off on the concept plans at a meeting this week, …
Timaru District Council’s project to bring a new museum and a renewed theatre into the heart of the city has reached another major milestone with the sign off of concept designs.
Council signed off on the concept plans at a meeting this week, enabling the project to move onto the detailed design phase.
Friday, 14 May 2021, 11:36 am
Timaru District Council’s project to bring a new museum
and a renewed theatre into the heart of the city has reached
another major milestone with the sign off of concept
designs.
Council signed off on the concept plans at a
meeting this week, enabling the project to move onto the
detailed design phase.
The project, which is being
part funded through the Government’s ‘shovel-ready’
COVID-19 support fund, will break ground later this
year.
In addition to floor plans, councillors were
also presented with artist impressions to show the scale of
the spaces.
Council Project Manager Nicole Timney said
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Special Events Aoraki Ltd worker Cliff Jefferson takes some seats out of the Theatre Royal
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