Facts published by | Mackay Regional Council | © September 2018

Sarina Field of Dreams Parkland and Visitor Information CentreA jointly funded redevelopment project by Mackay Regional Council and the Queensland Government’s Significant Regional Infrastructure Projects Program. This project was completed in June and the new Visitor Information Centre is now open. An official opening is planned for this month.

Project cost: $3.4 million Completed: June, 2018.

Sugar Bowl MackayThe region’s first district level skate park facility is jointly funded by the Australian Government and Mackay Regional Council.

Being built at the PCYC in North Mackay, it will be a mix of skate and wheeled sports infrastructure, a recreational area, basketball half-court, shaded seating area and barbecues. The first event at the new facility, Rumble on the Reef 2018, will be held later this month. Project cost: $2.2 million - due to be completed this month.

Sugar City Sounds 2018BB Print Stadium Mackay is hosting another big event 12 months on from the Elton John “Once In A Lifetime” concert. Sugar City Sounds 2018, headlined by Pete Murray, Birds of Tokyo and The Living End, will be staged on September 22. Funding through our Invest Mackay Events Attraction Program helped secure this major music spectacle.

Mackay Regional Sports PrecinctA jointly funded project between the Australian Government and Mackay Regional Council.

• 50m FINA-accredited outdoor heated pool • 25m heated and covered pool • 15m learn-to-swim heated and covered pool • Grassed area for future splash pad • Synthetic surface athletics track • Field event facilities • Associated clubhouse, including spectator stands

Project cost: $24 million Completion date: February, 2019.

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Facts published by | Mackay Regional Council | © September 2018

Casey Avenue stage two works begin The first stage of upgrades to Casey Avenue are complete.

The work involved upgrading the northern end of Casey Avenue between Leisure Street and Bridge Road.

Stage two works have now started, during which Casey Avenue will be reduced to single-lane traffic between Leisure Street and the Mackay Museum, with traffic management on-site.

Stage two will be completed by October, weather permitting.

Stage three will involve the upgrade of the roundabout on the Bridge Road and Casey Avenue intersection, with work scheduled to commence in October and wrap up in December 2018, weather permitting.

This project is being funded by the Queensland Government’s $200 million Works for Queensland program.

Shellgrit Creek (old Cod Hole) drainage The aim of the Shellgrit Creek drainage project is to provide increased flood immunity for the residents of East Mackay.

The major project involves the construction of a seven-cell box culvert system, with each box culvert measuring 2.1 metres high by 2.7 metres wide, as well as the construction of associated tide gates at the upstream end of the existing detention basin.

Vassallo Constructions is carrying out the work on behalf of council, with works scheduled for completion by mid-October. Beach nourishment has also been completed at Town Beach.

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This project is a jointly-funded initiative between the Queensland Government’s Building our Regions program and council.

New traffic signals in the pipeline Design work is under way for a major upgrade of the Milton Street/East Boundary Road intersection.

Signalisation of the intersection will improve traffic management and safety.

The project cost is about $4 million, including State Government funding of about $1.85 million, to be delivered in 2018-19 and 2019-20.

Other projects to be delivered in 2018-19 include: Bridge Road/Goldsmith Street intersection signalisation and roundabouts at the Victoria/Tennyson, Victoria/Lawson and Victoria/Peel streets intersections.

Water supply reliability improved We’ve replaced water mains in the City area recently to improve reliability of supply for residents.

Existing water mains in Ready Street, South Mackay, and Alfred Street (between Brisbane and Carlyle streets) have been replaced.

Relocation of a water main at Mackay Showgrounds was also completed in June, enabling further development of that precinct.

Capital works projects under way or in the pipeline for 2018-19 include water main replacements at Goldsmith Street (Bridge Road intersection), Pratt Street and Bothwick Street, as well as major plant and equipment renewals at the Nebo Road Water Treatment Plant.

Drainage upgradesOur Civil Works team is undertaking a program of drainage improvement projects in the City area.

They range from box culvert replacement projects in West Mackay to concrete lining of “no-man’s drain” between Juliet and Symons streets. Replacement of the floodgate on the Creal Street Drain (adjacent to Queen’s Park) will also prevent flooding of the underground system from high tides in Sandfly Creek.

Cr Amanda Camm Phone: 0438 377 125 Email: amanda.camm @mackay.qld.gov.au

Cr Kevin Casey Phone: 0417 168 730 Email: kevin.casey@ mackay.qld.gov.au