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Gladstone Regional Council has outlined its regional advocacy priorities ahead of the Federal Government’s budget reveal on Tuesday.
The regional advocacy priorities are as follows:
– Gladstone Heavy Vehicle Transport Corridor
Inland Rail
– Boyne Tannum Aquatic Centre (BTARC)
Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail (BBRIT)
– Jump Start City Heart
– Distribution Priority Area (DPA) for General Practitioners
– Federal Assistance Grants – align with LGAQ advocacy in this region
– Drought Communities Program Extension – support economic and community recovery from drought by continuing to provide funding to drought-declared councils, up to and including two years following the lifting of a drought declaration.
Livingstone Shire Council has decided to go ahead with a large town entry sign for Marlborough during another meeting that went for nearly two hours.
The small town 106km north of Rockhampton sits just off the Bruce Highway and is one of the only tiny towns north towards Mackay, and the signs are aimed at getting people to stop there.
They will be funded with part of a $140,000 Works for Queensland Grant, with $40,000 allocated towards welcome signage and $100,000 for placemaking in the town.
But $56,000 already spent on the sheet metal and design would have gone to waste if the council voted to scrap the entry signs.
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It is time to celebrate everything great about the Agnes Water and 1770 region while stretching the legs and improving your fitness.
The 1770 Festival is back for 2021, May 21 to 23, and features Australian music legend Troy Cassar-Daley.
The Festival will be held at the SES grounds on Captain Cook Drive, Seventeen Seventy.
The Fun Run will be held on Sunday, May 23, with runners and walkers of all ages and abilities invited to take part in either two kilometre and five kilometre courses.
This will be a COVID-safe event with physical distancing and other hygiene protocols in place.
Dressing up is encouraged with a range of prizes on offer for the best costumes in line with this year’s race theme – “The Spirit of 1770”.
Gladstone Regional Council have commenced footpath works in the CBD as part of the Gladstone CBD – Walking Network Plan and Priority Works project.
Council will construct a 2.5 metre wide footpath from 1 Goondoon Street (Gladstone Yacht Club) to the Lord Street roundabout.
These footpath works are part of the Gladstone CBD – Walking Network Plan and Priority Works project which is fully funded by the State Government’s Department of Transport and Main Roads’ Queensland Walking Strategy 2019-2029.
The $150,000 project also includes footpath works on Tank Street, which commenced on April 19 with an expected completion date of May 22 2021.
The Lord Street works are expected to be finished by 10 June 2021, weather permitting, with the works to be carried out between 6am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday.
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A scenic thoroughfare in the Gladstone region is set for a facelift after the Gladstone Regional Council successfully obtained funding.
GRC secured $980,000 in Works for Queensland funding to conduct road resurfacing along Captain Cook Drive, from Agnes Water to Seventeen Seventy.
The resurfacing work started this week and will be carried out between 52 Captain Cook Drive and the Agnes Water Waste Transfer Station, with expected completion 30 May 2021.
The project includes repair, renewal and upgrade of existing road surfaces which provide access to residential, business and commercial networks and infrastructure.
Work will be carried out from Monday to Friday, 6am-6pm, weather permitting.