Demolition work has begun ahead of the final stage of the massive Wagga Base Hospital redevelopment project.
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Stage three is the final part of the $282 million project and due for completion in 2020.
The long-awaited redevelopment, which included the construction of a new main hospital building and the demolition of the old one, began in October 2011 when houses in Yabtree Street were knocked over to make way for the new facilities.
Patients and staff were moved into the new main hospital building – then the Wagga Rural Referral Hospital – in January 2016.
The NSW government has committed $170 million to the stage 3 redevelopment, according to a Health Infrastructure spokesperson.
A contract for the site preparation was awarded to Richard Crookes Construction in 2017.
Before the bulldozers moved in, services affected by the demolitions were moved into temporary buildings.