Demolition order for Yamba community centre

By TIM HOWARD

The saga of a contentious Yamba community centre has taken a bizarre and likely fnal twist at the latest Clarence Valley Council meeting.

In a surprise move the council found itself voting on a rescission motion from council staff to demolish and construct the controversial Treelands Drive Community Centre, just two months after voting to save it.

The saga takes some explanation.

The council tied itself in knots late last year when it over confdently predicted the NSW Government would allow it to switch a $11.1 million Bushfre Local Economy Recovery grant from the Treelands Drive project to the Grafton Aquatic Centre build.

The aquatic centre had become the council’s number one priority in September when Grafton Olympic Pool was closed permanently due to an imminent infrastructure failure.