Ipswich City Council has already spent $6.2 million restoring the historic building. A deal is being worked out with a ‘very successful and known’ hotel operator to come on board.
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WORKS to restore an 111-year-old pub in the Ipswich CBD have been completed but the focus has now turned to what will fill the historic building.
An extension to the Commonwealth Hotel could be on the cards to accommodate a hotelier once again with the current footprint deemed too small to make a modern operation viable.
The building, also known as Murphy’s Town Pub, was bought by council-controlled entity Ipswich City Properties in 2014 and was identified as unsafe for occupancy in 2015. The Commonwealth Hotel in the Ipswich CBD.
Division 3 councillor and Ipswich Central Redevelopment Committee chair Marnie Doyle said so far about $6.2 million had been spent by the council on the restoration.
Works were initially expected to wind up in late-June. Works to upgrade road surface and kerb and channel along South Station Rd are complete.
Those residing along South Station Road were unable to have direct access to their driveways during the work’s early stages, while residents on Grange Road reportedly experienced an spike in high-traffic volume due to traffic diversions.
Mayor Teresa Harding said the upgrades would further support the needs of Ipswich’s growing community.
She said the council continued to identify roads in need of repairs or upgrades, as well as build new roads to help improve the city’s infrastructure network.
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RESIDENTS across Ipswich will soon be given the opportunity to voice their concerns or frustrations in person to a couple of the city’s elected representatives.
Division 3 councillors Marnie Doyle and Andrew Fechner are set to appear at local businesses across the region in coming months.
The pair will visit multiple sites over a five-week period, including Booval Fair and Ipswich Central Library, as part of council’s ‘Community Matters’ program.
Visits to Coles Silkstone, Leichhardt One Mile Community Centre, Riverview Community Centre and Redbank Plaza have also been scheduled.
The program will start on June 14, winding up little more than a month later on July 19.