Livingstone Shire Council

“We’re very focused on getting our strategic transport corridors up and running,” says Ludwig, also adding “An- other upshot of this project has been that not only are we getting infrastruc- ture in place, but at any one time we’ve had up to 100 jobs going while still in the construction phase. Y eppoon F oreshore and T own C entre R evitalisation The planning for the Yeppoon fore- shore and town centre revitalisation started way back in 2001. The plan was (and still is) to revitalise existing public spaces and create tourism, rec- reational and commercial land uses. The first two stages were completed in 2003 and 2006 respectively, but once again it was the amalgamation and the cyclone that unfortunately delayed matters. Nonetheless, once matters were more timely and back in the council’s scope, much activity followed. The multi-award winning ‘Keppel Krak- en’ water play area has been up and running since December 2015 when Stage 3 was completed, and con- struction on stage 4 was completed soon after the council built the Yep- poon Town Centre Carpark as well as a signalised intersection at Queen and Barry Streets. The council is now at stage 5 of the plan, a stage which includes the con- struction of a beach amphitheatre stage roof, a new fourway roundabout and a new access road to the Anzac