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20 Business View Australia - January-February 2016
PUBLIC WORKS &
ue of $750,000 and so far Council has
spent about $1,250,000 from its cash
reserves. We have developed a busi-
ness plan and we are prepared to run
the facility at a loss for about five years
before we anticipate the project to be-
come profitable.”
The stadium can function as an
evacuation centre or a convention
centre and has stepped seating, ide-
al for community events. In fact, it is
expected that the stadium will play a
key role in the Break O’Day commu-
nity and the multi-purpose focus was
essential to maximise the future use
of this strategic facility.
Speaking about Council’s moti-
vation for this project, Mayor Mick
Tucker said, “High-quality communi-
ty recreation and sporting facilities
can offer direct benefits to a region’s
economy and were a key considera-
tion of councillors when considering
this project.”
Bridge replacement
Council has an ambitious on-going
project to build concrete bridges in
replacement of aging, existing timber
structures. It has already converted
14 such bridges in eight districts at a
cost exceeding $3 million. The project
envisages six more timber bridges will
be replaced this year. The ultimate
10-year plan is to substitute concrete
structures in place of all the existing
bridges. This plan will be completed
in alignment with the availability of
external funding and existing revenue
streams.
St Helens Barway
The barway coming in to Georges Bay
at St Helens is notoriously difficult to
navigate. The build-up of sand has re-
sulted in a situation where at high tide