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Premium Content Subscriber only With the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine under way, economies around the world are beginning to rebuild and recover. Here are 10 projects set to kickstart the Mackay Whitsunday economy again, in no particular order: The Mackay Waterfront Priority Development Area was declared in 2018 to kick start a visionary project to transform the city and unlock the true value of the Bluewater edge. It is hoped the redevelopment of the city’s waterfront areas will set the scene for a significant urban transformation for the city. In July 2019, the airline named Mackay...

The truck rollover on the Peak Downs Highway at Walkerston on May 5. Picture: Stephen Andrew A man in his 60s was taken to Mackay Base Hospital with minor seatbelt-related injuries. Mr Andrew said traffic islands on the Peak Downs Highway at Walkerston needed to be shortened to remove hazards for trucks. He said the Bruce Highway between Alligator Creek and Sarina needed urgent repairs. Mr Andrew said he had previously asked the Department of Transport and Main Roads to conduct an audit on the stretch of road. A truck rollover on the Bruce Highway near Sarina blocked traffic in both di...

It's an unwritten rule that the longer you live in a town, the more you become an authority on the unofficial things such as nicknames. Universally accepted and rarely challenged, those nicknames are generally passed down through generations or are changed as the population does. For Walkerston, the nickname Scrubby has been around for - well, long-term resident Ray Hamilton says "forever". A recent caller to the Daily Mercury took exception to referring to Walkerston by the moniker so when My Town headed to the Wests Mackay Leagues Club this week, we asked a handful of residents what th...

Dawson MP George Christensen and Mackay MP Julieanne Gilbert have revealed to the Daily Mercury their wishlist of major projects on the agenda for 2021. George Christensen: - Action from government on North Queensland insurance crisis "What I'm looking for in the (federal) budget, which will be delivered in May, is a commitment to establish a reinsurance pool that will help defray the cost of cyclone insurance in North Queensland," Mr Christensen said. "I think that's achievable, but it's just going to mean a lot of work and lobbying to get that." - Funding for Urannah Dam Mr Christens...

A potentially fatal flaw in a $150 million road safety upgrade could be putting farmers and fellow motorists in danger. Canegrowers Mackay has said the Walkerston Bypass Access project had an intersection that was "an accident waiting to happen". Chairman Kevin Borg said the designs would force large cane farming vehicles to use a staggered T-intersection to traverse the Walkerston Bypass in both directions. Mr Borg said an investigation by engineers on behalf of growers had found the road design failed to consider the increased volume of farm traffic at harvest season, from June to Decemb...