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PHOTO: RICKY WILSON/STUFF The new library and art gallery will replace the green Liquorland and blue Warehouse Stationery buildings, overlooking the newly developed Quays riverside park.

The last piece of a land jigsaw puzzle has fallen into place for a much-anticipated library and art gallery project in Blenheim.

The Marlborough District Council has purchased the land occupied by the old Liquorland building, close to the amphitheatre at the end of High St, from the Millennium Art Gallery Foundation Trust.

It comes after the $20 million project, first mooted in 2009, was delayed by water projects, land ownership hurdles and a slower than expected design stage.

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