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“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