SINCE arriving at Ararat Rural City Council, CEO Tim Harrison admits one of his greatest frustrations has been lack of progress on the restorations of the town\u2019s historic fountain.<\/p>\n
Work on plumbing and wiring was completed over two years ago, but the contractor charged with carrying out the restoration disappeared during the pandemic and hasn\u2019t resurfaced.<\/p>\n
All that\u2019s needed for the project to be completed is a cherub and some orbs.<\/p>\n
Dr Harrison said he has been incredibly frustrated by the lack of progress on the project, but finally there is some good news.<\/p>\n
He told the Ararat Advocate this week, a new contractor has been sourced to carry out the remaining work.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a really frustrating project but we have a new contractor on deck, I\u2019ve just spoken to the engineer running that project for us and he\u2019s told me there is now a 3D model of the cherub in place to cast the new cherub.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur contractor said a couple of weeks ago it is close to completion but I\u2019ll believe it when I see it like everyone else,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Harrison remains quietly confident that there is light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully we\u2019ll soon see the cherub appear on the top of the fountain. I\u2019m very much looking forward to it happening and I know many people in the community are looking forward to its completion as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Harrison said the incomplete fountain has been a thorn in his side since day one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a few niggling (unfinished) projects but that\u2019s the most public and embarrassing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think people will just be relieved when it is finished. It is a beautiful piece of heritage architecture, it looks beautiful against the town hall and it will be great to see it complete,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
The Ararat Memorial Fountain is one of only three in Victoria, the other two are located in Williamstown and Hamilton.<\/p>\n
The restoration of the fountain was announced in July 2018 after $67,000 was secured from the Federal Government as well as a $10,000 donation from Ararat Community Enterprise.<\/p>\n
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SINCE arriving at Ararat Rural City Council, CEO Tim Harrison admits one of his greatest frustrations has been lack of progress on the restorations of the town\u2019s historic fountain.
\nWork on plumbing and wiring was completed over two years ago, but the contractor charged with carrying out the restoration disappeared during the pandemic and hasn\u2019t resurfaced.
\nAll that\u2019s needed for the project to be completed is a cherub and some orbs.
\nDr Harrison told the Advocate this week, there is finally some good news, with a new contractor has been sourced to carry out the remaining work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fountain--scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-hK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}