Wollongong City Council has started construction on the new Stanwell Park Beach cafe, with work on the $1.4 million project expected to take six months.
With good weather, the council estimates it will be open by December, with the site to be closed from public access between now and then.
Work to replace the beach kiosk began in 2016, with the council revealing plans to demolish the 50-year-old building which no longer met health and food code requirements.
The new café will have an elevated covered dining deck overlooking the park, a paved outdoor seating area and a kiosk and kitchen.
“Through our engagement we know there was a strong push from the community to preserve the building’s original kiosk sign, and we’ve taken that on board,” lord mayor Gordon Bradbery said.
“It was carefully removed during the demolition with the intention of seeing how we might incorporate it into the new building.”
Kate McIlwain
For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.
For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.
