Mount Maunganui Surf Lifesaving Club. Photo/file
Tauranga City Council has agreed to fund half the costs of rebuilding the Mount Maunganui Surf Lifesaving Club's leaking and unsafe lifeguard tower.
In a package worth $200,000 the council will contribute up to $65,000 for the tower and up to $135,000 to upgrade the emergency and first aid room.
Yesterday's decision was part of this week's deliberations by the council on its 2015-25 Long Term Plan.
Councillors heard that the club had been working with council staff for 18 months. The original intention was not to come to the council for help but they had struck difficulties raising all the money.
Deputy mayor Kelvin Clout said the decision would be well received by the community because the Mount Main Beach and Mauao were iconic in the Bay. Fifty-two per cent of people that required assistance were locals and 40 per cent of incidents were on or around Mauao.
