C H Smith Development Proposal on Council Agenda today (Nov 28)

At Launceston City Council’s second last scheduled meeting for 2016 Council will consider a proposal for the development one of the city’s iconic heritage sites, the C H Smith Buildings on the lower end Charles Street.

Launcestonians will welcome the possibility of this site finally finding a development proposal that has the prospect of moving the redevelopment of this site forward following so many false starts.

Over time there has been considerable contention regarding the appropriate future use of the site. Ex-alderman, Basil Fitch said today that “the prospect of the site finding a viable proposal is encouraging despite there being a great many unanswered questions relative to the development.”

“People are concerned about the ways the project’s funding will ultimately impact upon future rate demands,” Mr Fitch said.

“Questions have been coming to various people in the network of concerned citizens and they have been compiled ready for (today’s) meeting,” Mr. Fitch said.

The list of questions can be found online here:

http://lcc63.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/development-so-many-question-so-few.html

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