Local artwork to feature in revamped Marine Terrace laneway in Geraldton

Community artwork will feature heavily in a revamped Marine Terrace laneway through a series of light boxes.

The existing “Post Office Laneway”, between Chapman Road and Marine Terrace, will receive a facelift as part of the $2.2 million Rocks Laneway Project.

The project will connect Chapman Road to the foreshore with pedestrian walkways.

Upgrades in Post Office Laneway will include benches, a colourful wildflower graphic on the walls and ground, along with illuminated light boxes mounted on the side of the Telstra building.

A Public Art Strategy is also being developed by the City of Greater Geraldton, which will offer local artists opportunities to display their work in the CBD.

On Marine Terrace a ‘Ghost Office’ will be installed, depicting the outline of the old post office which was controversially demolished in 1979.

Across the terrace the former Rocks Newsagency building – bought by the City late last year – will be transformed into a pedestrian laneway, community hub and flexible space for events and activities.

The project has now gone out for early tender notification.

Construction is expected to be completed by September 2019.