A computer-generated image of the Mount Wellington Springs proposal.
HOBART'S Lord Mayor Damon Thomas is championing the long-abandoned vision of an eco-resort at The Springs on Mount Wellington.
The Hobart City Council hopes to secure federal funding for an upgrade of the public toilets and parking at The Springs, which Ald Thomas believes will encourage developer Ali Sultan to proceed with his proposed visitor centre at the site.
But the mayor is not content to stop there.
"More importantly (the upgrade) opens up the chance for this high class eco-lodge," Ald Thomas said.
"It will really put the icing on the cake."
The council this month applied for a Regional Development Australia Fund grant to undertake a $2.5 million upgrade of visitor infrastructure at The Springs, including new toilets, a covered boardwalk, tracks and picnic areas as well as bus and car parking.
Ald Thomas said Mr Sultan had indicated if that work went ahead, his company Sultan Holdings would proceed with the plans for a visitor centre and restaurant.
A spokesman for Sultan Holdings said that a successful upgrade "wouldn't do any harm" to the prospect of a major development resort.
"We are aware of council's position and we have said to them to come back to us if the funding is approved," the spokesman said.
The plans for the building, designed by Hobart architect Robert Morris-Nunn, have been in the pipeline for 12 years.
A 50-room eco-tourism resort concept was abandoned in 2006.
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