More than one year has passed since it was announced Katherine would be receiving more than $11 million to fix the CBD and heavily used Sportsgrounds.
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There was much ado at the time the out-of-the-blue announcement was lobbed on a quiet Thursday afternoon.
Though, Katherine received far less than Alice Springs ($15 million) and Darwin (reported to be $200 million) for its spruce up.
Today, the CBD revitalisation has almost come to a standstill.
Work to demolish the Sportsground pavilion to make way for a new one is moving ahead with most of the community lending their support.
There has been no indication from the council of when work is likely to begin.
Today, the Katherine Times has been told The Project Control Group is "still in discussion" - one year on.
It took six months before the town's council contracted an architect group to come up with a plan for the CBD Revitalisation.
In February of this year, it was announced Ashford Group Architects - a Darwin based firm - would be in charge of finding the best way to use the NT Government funds.
The firm was paid almost $400,000, and we didn't hear much else until May.
The architects had been working quietly behind the scenes to produce a concept plan, which was shown at a community meeting, but only three people turned up - two if you don't count the Katherine Times.
Details surrounding how the money would be spent had been scarce prior to the architect's grand vision -brought to life with a short video.
The concept plan was presented to the public, although only three people turned up to the meeting, as a "very long term vision."
It set Katherine up to be a walkable, cool city with the addition of native trees, grass, misting fans and shade structures.
But it also included a glass elevator, and relied heavily on a truck bypass estimated to cost about $150 million - something which has been in the works for years as part of the Katherine Town Council Land Use Plan.
The architect's vision far exceeded $5 million, but said the council is "committed to making the vision happen and is looking at procuring more funding."
The original video has never been aired to the public again, instead, a sanitised version, void of glass elevators, was released in July at the Katherine Show.
According to a spokeswoman for the Katherine Town Council, the Project Control Group includes a range of members in the community including Jake Quinlivan from the Department of Chief Ministers, Claire Brown from the Department of Infrastructure, Lands and Planning, Kevin Grey from the Chambers of Commerce as well as Mayor Fay Milller, the architects and others from the council.
"Further information will come from Katherine Town Council regarding plans," the KTC spokeswoman said.
"We anticipate more information regarding the scope of works to be released October."
The Don Dale Pavilion at the Sportsground will be demolished to make way for a new multi-function facility, with construction expected to start in October.
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