The fallout from the financial collapse of a contractor which carried out early works on the Lavington Sportsground redevelopment is not expected to be finalised until the second half of 2020.
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Depan Group was appointed to complete stage one works, but went into voluntary liquidation more than a year ago.
The liquidator has informed council its handling of the matter won't be completed until "mid to late 2020".
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In response to Depan's demise, the council agreed to further consider payment to sub-contractors involved in the redevelopment project outside of the Depan Group contract and post liquidation.
The possibility of council compensating out of pocket sub-contractors was raised during last year's federal election campaign.
The total amount of unsecured creditor claims including those who worked on Lavington is estimated at $875,094, according to the liquidator.
