The Scovill Zoo in Decatur will soon get started with a significant renovation to its herpaquarium building on its grounds this winter.

The 2022 season has wrapped up and Executive Director Ken Frye indicates the zoo will be gutting the herpaquarium and bringing it into the 21st century.

According to Frye, the exhibit this time around will be centered around the animal and its amenities. He says a significant financial contribution is helping pay for this over half-a-million dollar project.

Frye indicates the estimates for projects are well beyond what he estimates personally and says the supply chain issues and inflation are not helping things the last few years.

For some animals, the current aquariums can be simply moved from one building to another but for the bigger animals, they will have to find some space in other buildings in the zoo.

He hopes because the herpaquarium is not a big space the project should not take long but does not what kind of challenges they may encounter along the way.