Expansion of one of Townsville’s busiest Bunnings stores planned
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ONE of Townsville’s busiest Bunnings stores is set to expand.
A development application has been lodged with Townsville City Council seeking approval for the expansion of the group’s Garbutt store.
About 2800 sq m of store space is to be added, increasing the size of the main showroom and its trade sales, as well as adding about another 50 car parks.
According to the application, lodged on behalf of property owner Dalrymple Townsville Pty Ltd, a road closure has been enacted to permanently close and acquire part of the Dalrymple Rd reserve, bringing the site about 30m closer to the road frontage. The acquired section of road reserve now forms part of the site.
The expansion includes reconfiguration of the car park, an increase in the number of spaces and changes to service vehicle circulation arrangements. An extension to the store is proposed over the western part of the site.
The proposal involves expansion of the Bunnings store, reconfiguring the car park layout and increasing spaces from 668 cars to 718 cars, changes to allow one-way traffic movement, new pedestrian paths and retaining and relocating a World War II hangar memorial.
The memorial was in the road reserve and is to be relocated within a landscaped area adjoining a Dalrymple Rd entrance, which the application says will ensure an attractive setting.
A study into the area’s World War II heritage was part of the conditions of approval to develop the store in 2002. The memorial commemorates the area’s former airfield hangar.
Bunnings Area Manager Merv Stanford said they were always looking for opportunities to improve their existing store network and better service local customers in the communities where they operated.
He said they would continue to keep the community updated should the application be approved.
Bunnings also operates stores in Townsville at Cluden and North Shore.
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