Custom House restoration completed
The Custom House restoration project has been completed. The lead-based paint was stripped off, the building repainted, a new flagpole installed, a new sign installed, and a new roof crest installed. Various rotten weatherboards were also replaced and repairs done to the gutters. Part of the initial funding agreement was to re-pile and move the building forward by 2m due to the West Coast Regional Council’s future plans to extend the floodwall. However, the floodwall works are delayed, and Lotteries granted a variation to the funding to complete the restoration works but not do the piling.
