Good riddance to an ugly hole

Jan. 17, 2014, midnight

THE Albury Council is digging Thurgoona and its residents out of a giant hole that has been an eyesore for years.

THE Albury Council is digging Thurgoona and its residents out of a giant hole that has been an eyesore for years.

The Thurgoona pool will soon be gone, with work already started.

The council set aside $50,000 for the project in its 2009-10 budget, which was not enough.

So it now has $183,280 set aside to remove the pool, compact the soil and extensively landscape the area.

We are elated, absolutely thrilled. It has been a long time coming, Thurgoona Community Centre co-ordinator Sherylyne Moran said.

It gives us an area the community can use.

We want to turn the area into a barbecue and recreation area the community can use.

Concept plans show a community hall on the grounds near the neighbourhood house which would double in size.

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Good riddance to an ugly hole