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A few thousand litres of paint could significantly boost the economy, create a new tourism drawcard and complete an already-expanding Lockyer Valley town.
The four silos in Forest Hill are the perfect blank canvas with painters lining up to tackle the project.
But painting four silos isn’t as easy as whipping out a bucket of Dulux and a brush, with the proposed Inland Rail project, different landholders and the need for a perfect design all contributing to the puzzle.
The local silo project has been in the pipeline for several years, with the Forest Hill Community Development Association pushing the plan.
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Painted silos in the quaint town of Forest Hill would deliver an economic boom and increase in tourist numbers, according to a Thallon resident.
The statement comes from Thallon Progress Association secretary Leanne Brosnan, who was instrumental in having the small southwest Queensland town’s silos painted in 2017.
Not only does Ms Brosnan claim the silo art had a positive financial impact on the town t, but it’s also saved the small Balonne Shire town from dying.
In the years since the enormous artworks were revealed, there was no harvest, no rain, and 2019 was the driest year on record.
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A few thousand litres of paint could significantly boost the economy, create a new tourism drawcard and complete an already-expanding Lockyer Valley town.
The four silos in Forest Hill are the perfect blank canvas with painters lining up to tackle the project.
But painting four silos isn’t as easy as whipping out a bucket of Dulux and a brush, with the proposed Inland Rail project, different landholders and the need for a perfect design all contributing to the puzzle.
The local silo project has been in the pipeline for several years, with the Forest Hill Community Development Association pushing the plan.
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A multi-stage development will pave the way for more than 100 new families in the Lockyer Valley, with a development granted preliminary approval this week.
A vacant 40.91ha block of land will be subdivided into 113 lots as part of a nine-stage development project on Thallon Road at Brightview.
Infrastructure charges from the Lockyer Valley Regional Council will cost the developers an estimated $1.4 million to subdivide the land. The 113-lot development planned for Thallon Road at Brightview.
The Lockyer Valley Regional Council on Wednesday preliminary approved the project with all councillors in favour.
The project has been in the pipeline for some time with the applicant, Brightview Developments, meeting with council for a pre-lodgement meeting in August 2018, to discuss the proposed development.
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A five-metre-high septic pump station will be built on a main road in Plainland to pump sewage from new developments across to Laidley.
On Wednesday, the Lockyer council granted a material change for Gehrke Road project, which will include the construction of a new pump station.
At present, the land is fitted with an interim sewage pump-out facility, but to continue the population growth at Plainland, new options have been sought.
Deputy mayor Jason Cook reassured councillors that it was a pump station that would feed the septic through to the Laidley Sewage Treatment Plant.
He was reassuring that there would be no odour issues.