The Star: February 21, 2019

16 Thursday February 21 2019
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Vandals hit controversial
apartment complex
• By Julia Evans
THE SITE on which a
contentious apartment
complex is being built
has been the target of
vandalism.
The Williams
Corporation development
site on Perth St in
Richmond was flooded
overnight last week after
someone cut the site’s water
toby and turned it back on.
The 2m hole, dug out for
the complex’s foundations,
was entirely filled with
water.
“Like a big
swimming pool,”
managing director
Blair Chappell said.
“It spewed tens of
thousands of litres
of water onto the
ground.”
Foundation work
on the site was put on
hold as contractors
hired a diesel pump to get
rid of the water, which took
all morning to remove.
“It didn’t really have a
true cost other than half
PROGRESS: Work continues at the Williams
Corporation’s apartment site on Perth St after it
was vandalised.
Blair
Chappell
a day of using a pump at
about $500 and
a few contractors
sitting around
for the morning,
but there’s always
something to do on
sites like this,” Mr
Chappell said.
The complex
faces opposition
from Richmond
residents, who
are concerned about the
growing number of high
density developments in
the area and their impact
on the suburb.
However, Mr Chappell
said the site was likely the
target of vandals.
“I’d say it’s opportunist
vandals . . . . it’s just
malicious damage,” Mr
Chappell said.
“Not something you
want to see when the
council is trying to save
water.”
He said the foundation
work has now finished
and construction of the
apartments is due to start
early next month before
completion in September.
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Residents turn out
over liquor store bid
• By Louis Day
REDCLIFFS residents
are questioning how the
proposed liquor store
on Main Rd will achieve
the fine wine and spirits
experience promised by the
owner.
More than 50 residents
attended a public meeting
about the liquor store
application at St Andrews
Anglican Church on
Thursday.
Store owner Jugraj Singh
assured residents the
off-licence would sell fine
wine and spirits and offer a
range of delicatessen goods.
However, residents
questioned how Mr Singh
would achieve what he has
promised with a store that
is only 62 sq m.
Mr Singh was unsure
exactly how much space he
would have in the store for
the delicatessen but said it
was something he wanted
to try.
St Andrews reverend
Thomas Brauer said he
supported what Mr Singh
was pitching but did not
see how it related to the
application.
Mr Singh’s original
application proposed
CHANGE: An application has been made to turn 1/87
Main Rd, which is currently occupied by the Bloom
Room Florist, into a fine wine and spirits store.
turning 1/87 Main Rd
into Thirsty Liquor
Redcliffs. However, Mr
Singh changed the name
to Redcliffs Fine Wine and
Spirits.
The landlord Peter
Croft was absent from
the meeting and was
represented by his wife,
Kate Bovett, who assured
residents they would not let
the store turn into a “booze
barn.”
“Permission to paint
the shop will not be given
and there will be no huge
advertising like you see
around the typical bottle
stores,” she said.
Community Action
on Youth and Drugs, a
Ministry of Health-funded
organisation to reduce the
harm to young people from
alcohol and other drugs,
wants the application
removed because it does
not represent what Mr
Singh is planning. Its
senior project worker Paul
McMahon said the original
application needed to be
removed and a new one
should be submitted.
Mr McMahon said he
would even contribute
to the costs involved
in submitting a new
application.
“The floor plan is
standard for a bottle store,
they [Mr Singh] talk about
cheeses and delicatessen
but there is just a tiny bit of
space,” he said.