Hall’s future remains uncertain

Luggate Memorial Hall, located at 51 Main Road, SH6 Luggate. Photo: QLDC.
Luggate Memorial Hall, located at 51 Main Road, SH6 Luggate. Photo: QLDC.
Uncertainty still surrounds the future of Luggate’s Memorial Hall as the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the community await the results of an engineering report.

Last month, the council examined all its buildings and the hall was found to be potentially earthquake-prone, QLDC spokesman Jimmy Sygrove said.

Work on  a full engineering report had  started and was expected to be completed in about two months. A decision on the future of the 63-year-old building would be made once the report was finished.

Until there was a greater certainty concerning the hall’s structure, it would  remain open to the public.

A public safety notice was prominently displayed at the hall informing people the building was potentially earthquake-prone, so they could make their own decision before they entered, Mr Sygrove said.

Luggate Community Association chairman Graeme Perkins said the association had stressed to the council the importance of the hall  to the community.

"We really hope it is fixable because it’s such an important part of the community out here."

He had not heard of anyone not wanting to enter the hall but  the community understood the risk, he said.

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