Council buys prime spot on Napier Hill earmarked for housing, for new drinking water reservoir
A council spokesman said the Enfield Road reservoir, also based on the hill, was nearing the end of its life and needed replacing. Its current site, the hospital land and several others had been investigated and assessed for their availability, capacity and ease of development. Developer Templeton Group previously owned the land and its chief executive, Nigel McKenna ,said the council had approached Templeton Group, about the importance of the site. “Given that this site has been a long-held Government asset which provided health care support to the community for many years, a retu...
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