ALBURY councillor John Stuchbery has floated the possibility of totally demolishing and rebuilding the city's entertainment centre.
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In a bombshell move, Cr Stuchbery has submitted a notice of motion to council's first meeting of the year for staff to investigate the merits of tearing down the centre's theatre and convention wings and "constructing an entirely new building, replacing and enhancing all the current functions".
He is also seeking support for a report to contain all potential state and federal government funding sources.
Two years ago, the council agreed to push forward with plans to redevelop the convention wing including seating capacity for 2000 people at a cost of $18.5 million.
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A complete rebuild of the convention wing alone at the time was estimated to cost $34.1 million.
In an accompanying note to the notice of motion, council chief executive Frank Zaknich said the demolition option had previously been canvassed and considered not cost-effective.
The theatre wing was built in 1964 and the convention wing added in 1972.
A major refurbishment took place in the late 1980s, with a further $4.5 million upgrade of the theatre wing completed in 2010 with the federal government contributing to the works.
The council lodged a $5 million funding application with the state government in late 2018.
In a separate notice of motion, Cr Stuchbery wants council to walk away from the Nexus industrial estate at Ettamogah.
Cr Stuchbery wants to put the estate "as is" on the market.
But Mr Zaknich said, in response, there were no further plans for development of the Nexus industrial estate in relation to council-owned land.
Stage one lots presently being advertised for sale range in price from $600,000 to $1.69 million.
"Further stages will be developed by the adjoining land owners as per the adopted master plan," he said.
"Council is obliged to complete the gas supply extension and Davey Road southern ramps interchange which has been funded by the NSW Government and Australian Government.
"All Nexus stage one land is currently 'on the market' and developers, businesses actively sought."
In 2018, the state government provided $9.9 million to supply gas to the precinct and develop the southern ramps connecting Davey Road to the Hume Highway.
The federal government is also contributing $7.9 million to the Davey Road interchange upgrade.