BHP holds off Hopetoun recreation centre funding
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BHP Billiton says it will postpone funding a recreation centre in the Western Australian south coast town of Hopetoun, putting the future of the project in doubt.
Earlier this year, the Shire of Ravensthorpe brokered a deal with BHP in which the mining giant would pay for the ongoing management of the centre.
The shire says the $18 million project cannot go ahead without the company's funding.
Shire president Brenda Tillbrook says BHP has told her the centre is one of three projects it has had to put on hold due to the global economic downturn.
"At this stage the project's just been put on hold, my understanding is it'll still go ahead but just at a later date," she said.
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