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Work starts on parenting facility and region’s first Changing Place
The City of Launceston has started work on a $600,000 redevelopment of the public toilets and parenting facilities in the Paterson St West multi-storey car park, which will include Northern Tasmania’s first ‘Changing Places’ accessible bathroom.
The project is part of the City of Launceston’s Accelerated Capital Works Program, an initiative of the Care and Recovery Package, Tasmania’s largest local government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over five years the program will bring forward a range of targeted infrastructure upgrade and improvement projects across the municipality, aimed at sparking new economic activity and employment opportunities.