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to take up a number of ambitious pro-
jects. He says, “It has been a reward-
ing year as my first year as Mayor and
I am excited by the new developments
and initiatives happening in Kingbor-
ough.
“Our community continues to expand
and is projected to grow by a further
40 percent over the next two decades,
which is the strongest population
growth in Tasmania. I am confident the
future of Kingborough is bright as we
have one of the strongest footholds of
any Tasmanian Council when it comes
to community service delivery and
business partnerships.
“The building blocks are in place and
we have the people, the ideas, the ser-
vice platform and the desire to em-
brace our challenges and turn them
into opportunities.”
There are a number of industries in
the Kingborough Council area with fish
processing, tourism and civil engineer-
ing being the most prevalent. The ac-
tivities practised on a smaller level in-
clude sawmilling, quarrying, building
and joinery.
Kingborough also houses Australia’s
headquarters for the Australian Ant-
arctic Division, as well as a dedicat-
ed fisheries and aquaculture centre at
the Institute for Marine and Antarctic
Studies. It is home to the Kingborough
Sports Centre, the State Gymnastics
Centre and the Twin Ovals and func-
tion centre.
Tony Ferrier, Deputy General Man-
ager, Kingborough Council, and David
Reeve, Executive Manager Engineer-
ing Services, explained the details of
the various projects that Council has
undertaken.
Former Kingston High
School site
Describing this project Tony Ferri-
er says, “Council is currently trying to
upgrade the central business district
through a number of projects and the
most important one is the redevel-
opment of the former Kingston High
School site. Council is in the process
of purchasing that site from the gov-
ernment.”
The Kingston High School was for-
merly located at a site that is immedi-
ately adjoining Kingston’s central busi-
ness district. The land is now vacant
and available for development. The
former school buildings have been de-
molished and it is proposed that the
area will be converted into inner city
residential housing and commercial
units.
About 40% of the available space will
be used for gardens and parks. A com-
munity health centre and a community
hub will also be constructed. The pro-
ject is an integral part of the CBD and
Council is currently in the process of
doing the traffic analysis and road de-
sign to provide it with better linkages.
The Kingston High School site is the