The Cultural Centre at South Bank will be shut to the public on Sunday 3 June 2007 to enable a series of critical generator tests to be coordinated across the precinct.

The shutdown will include the Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), State Library of Queensland, Queensland Museum, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), the three Cultural Centre public car parks and all Cultural Centre cafes, shops and public amenities.

The shutdown is necessary to guarantee public safety during the unpredictable impacts of the testing as it may affect the buildings' and car parks' emergency systems.

New generators were installed last year as part of the construction of the new Cultural Centre and the testing is a vital contractual requirement.

The generators supply the Cultural Centre with essential services and it is necessary to ensure they are operating safely and efficiently.

Specialists will work with Energex to test services and equipment across the Cultural Centre and there will be intermittent outages of power supply throughout the day.

The testing, which takes place from 6am to 9.30pm, will also affect outdoor lighting with staggered blackouts in:

• the Cultural Centre's public spaces
• the Cultural Centre tunnel.
• the pedestrian overpass above the Melbourne Street bus station
• the subway underpass connecting QPAC to the Art Gallery/Museum car park
• pedestrian lights near the Cultural Centre's mooring pontoon

Increased security measures will be in place for the evening.

All buildings and services will re-open on Monday 4 June 2007 with normal operating hours.

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