Serious assault , Pie Creek miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Much of the population growth in the Gympie region will be accommodated on Gympie’s Southside.
In light of this, the town plan has allocated land near Eel Creek Road and Lindsay Street for a new primary school - eventually - but there is no mention nor planning as yet for a third public high school, and QLD Ed and Gympie MP Tony Perrett are at odds over whether it is time to start that planning.
Mr Perrett has demanded in Parliament and in a Question on Notice this week that QLD Ed come clean about current enrolments and the true capacity of Gympie’s two biggest schools, and only two public high schools, Gympie High and James Nash, which are both reportedly bursting at the seams this year.
“This new program will support jobs, construction businesses and economic growth across Wide Bay, and it will also improve road safety and bolster the resilience of our local road networks, improving access for freight, tourism and local road users,” Mr O’Brien said.
“We will work closely with the Noosa, Gympie, South Burnett and Cherbourg councils to ensure local projects get underway, supporting jobs and businesses, and helping people in Wide Bay get home sooner and safer.” Southside and the beginning of Eel Creek Road, a designated growth corridor but also an area teeming with bushland and wildlife.
The projects that will receive funding are: