University of New England announces contractors to create its Tamworth Central Campus

Tenders were called last August (CMM August 19) and architects (Architectus), project management (Touchstone Partners) and site inspection (Lockart Architects) were announced yesterday.

The project, on the site of a disused velodrome appears unavoidable for UNE. Local MP Barnaby Joyce has said it is not a matter of “whether” it is built but “when and we want the ‘when’ to be as soon as possible,” (CMM May 25 2021) and former VC Brigid Heywood warned if UNE did not do it another university would (CMM April 21 2021).