Survey - Beaufort Weighbridge Building
Relocation of the weighbridge building at the Mechanics Institute site in Havelock Street, Beaufort.
Council has received a request to consider relocating the small weighbridge building located at the Beaufort Mechanics Institute site, to a location where it can be appropriately maintained and enjoyed by the public.
The building was built by the Shire of Ripon in 1874 to house the weighbridge scale (the two lamps being added in 1885) and sited where the band rotunda now stands. Moved in 1903, it became a storage shed for Wotherspoon Bros, and in the 1950’s a shelter for visitors to the Beaufort Cemetery. Later it was relocated to Main Lead as a tool shed where is remained until 2005, when it was donated back to the people of Beaufort by Cellante Family. Finally restored, it was located to its current site in November 2008.
Council would like to receive feedback from the community with suggested alternate sites for the building.
The survey can be completed:
- online via the survey below; or
- by downloading the survey (listed at the bottom of the page) and emailing it to pyrenees@pyrenees.vic.gov.au; or
- mailing the completed survey to Pyrenees Shire Council, 5 Lawrence Street, Beaufort Vic 3373; or
- dropping a complete survey to one of the Customer Service Centres in Avoca or Beaufort.
Please call Council if you would like a printed copy of the survey posted to you. Paper copies can be picked up at Council’s Customer Service Centre, 5 Lawrence St, Beaufort or Avoca Information Centre, 122 High St, Avoca when the centres have re-opened to the public.
The survey closes 5.00pm Friday 8 October 2021
Further information may be obtained by calling Jane Bowker on 1300 797 363.
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