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BREAKING: The historic Urrbrae gatehouse will be dismantled and rebuilt nearby rather than being bulldozed for a road upgrade, the State Government has announced after bowing to months of community protest.
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A decision on the future of the threatened Urrbrae gatehouse is “imminent”, the Transport Department boss has told a parliamentary committee this morning as he revealed new costings to relocate the state heritage listed building.
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The Premier says “there may be an opportunity” to relocate a state heritage-listed Urrbrae gatehouse if the University of Adelaide has a “purpose” for it, as the Transport Department awaits new detailed costings on moving the building.
Campaigners are stepping up their fight to save a heritage-listed gatehouse at Urrbrae, as the State Government is accused of “being tricky” and “passing the buck” by offering the University of Adelaide $2 million to move the building itself.
The University of Adelaide says it has yet to receive a formal notice from the State Government of its intention to acquire land and bulldoze the historic Urrbrae gatehouse for an intersection upgrade, as it vows to “pursue its legal rights” to stop the takeover and demolition.
The Transport Department plans to bulldoze the 130-year-old, state heritage listed Urrbrae Gatehouse for an intersection upgrade, despite sitting on a $3 million project “contingency fund” and with an extra $2 million in heritage funding available to pay for a relocation quoted by a specialist removalist at under $1 million.
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