While legal proceedings are continuing over who will bear the cost of the rectification, work has begun on reducing the height of the roof of the Gerringong Library building.

The solution is to remove the hood over the ridgeline of the building, with cladding covering the gap between the rafters.

“The building is nearing completion, we are finalising the car park and other bits and pieces, and we are still aiming to have the buildings handed over in June,” says the Acting General Manager, Jessica Rippon.

At their June Meeting, Kiama councillors unanimously rejected a request to modify the consent for the building after Council (as the applicant) discovered in late February that a design change to the pitch of the roof by the architect had resulted in the height of the largest building in the complex reaching 10.345 metres, more than a metre to its approved height of 9.04 metres.