BUSINESS stakeholders have discussed an ‘‘illumination’’ theme for the city’s redevelopment of Cataract Gorge.
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Earlier this month the Launceston City Council said it was looking to rejuvenate the landmark in an attempt to ‘‘bring it closer’’ to the community and make it more appealing to tourists.
On Tuesday about 50 people representing businesses across the North met council representatives at Aurora Stadium for a three-day consultation.
The consultation was used to brainstorm initial ideas for the $5 million 15-year redevelopment and wrapped up on Thursday night.
Yesterday, Launceston Mayor Albert van Zetten said the response from the community had been excellent so far.
‘‘There was lots of discussion about people’s visions for the area by the year 2030 as well as identification of future needs of the Gorge and Trevallyn Area public spaces,’’ he said.
‘‘This includes upgrades for existing infrastructure, interpreting the cultural heritage and the past, better integration with the city and between the two reserves, a theme of ’Illumination’ which includes different kinds of lighting, access lighting and identification of the area’s special features, accessibility both for our visitors to find the reserves and within the reserves to cater for varying mobility and transport needs, improving the water quality and the potential of staging future events.’’
Alderman van Zetten said new ideas would continue to be discussed among the business stakeholders before being released to the general public in February.
‘‘It’s a great start to the process and it will help guide us in fleshing out ideas so that we can prepare information to allow much wider consultation with the general public, nearby residents and other stakeholder groups early next year.’’