That is the essence of what Council bosses propose to be done with the part of the 1,682 m² lot shaded red in the above map in this report to be decided upon at the Council meeting on Thursday.  The lot is between numbers 146 and 148 on the south (river) side of the road.

The part of the lot shaded blue will be added to the existing Local Purpose Reserve (Esplanade).

There doesn’t seem to be anything potentially controversial about it and the land should fetch a fetch a few hundred thousand dollars based on current section prices which could be used to offset further imposts on ratepayers this year.