The revamp of Launceston’s Civic Square has begun with the first sod turned on the project.
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Mayor Albert van Zetten said the design was striking and contemporary and followed on from the upgrade at the Quadrant Mall.
“It also has a nod to our past through symbolic references to the city's medical innovations, the streetscape of early Launceston, and the city's relationship to the three river systems that converge here,” he said.
Liberal senator David Bushby said he was pleased Vos Construction and Joinery, a family-owned Tasmanian company, would be part of the redevelopment.
“The redevelopment will be the largest Civic Square has seen since it was first declared ‘a place for people’ in 1982,” he said.
“It will include three linked spaces comprising an events space, a family play area, and a dining and social gathering space.”
The civic square redevelopment is expected to be complete in early 2018, weather permitting.
It forms part of the larger $18.1 million City Heart Project which was designed to draw people and business back into the city centre.
