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Subscriber only Three infrastructure projects supporting 100 jobs are ramping up across the region s ports in the lead up to Christmas. Queensland-based company Davbridge Constructions will deliver the $2.4 million extension of wharf 1 at the Port of Mackay. Mackay MP Julieanne Gilbert said the upgrade was part of the state s economic recovery plan. The wharf 1 project will help to build on the 195 shipping movements and 3.17 million throughput tonnes witnessed last financial year, despite COVID-19, Mrs Gilbert said. Getting Queensland businesses to deliver upgrades for Queensland ports is vital to our state s economic recovery, and will add to major road projects like the Walkerston Bypass and $120 million Mackay Northern Access Upgrade.
It is one of only nine new Queensland proposals added to the priority list since February 2019.
The purpose of the Infrastructure Australia document is to provide a âcredible pipeline of nationally significant proposals for governments at all levels to choose fromâ.
It also gives evidence-based advice to support an âinformed national conversation about
Australiaâs spending prioritiesâ.
The first 2.6km of the Walkerston Bypass has already been built as part of the Mackay Ring Road, which officially opened in September.
The rest of the bypass is expected to support another 200 local jobs, with the tender award to occur in March next year and construction expected to start soon after.
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