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The proposed Pearl Wellness Resort and Spa has been touted for years as Central Queensland’s first five-star resort development.
Many locals will know it as the abandoned site on Haven Road, Tanby Point near Emu Park, where large Balinese-type hut style buildings were built many years ago and have been left derelict.
It was proposed the resort, which was first approved in 2011, would compromise of 201 units with 333 bedrooms, commercial space, 50-seat high-class restaurant, conference, lounge bar, indoor sports facility and health spa retreat.
The developers, Moondaze, bought the 3ha block of land for $5.96m in 2007 and lodged plans soon after.
Councillor Ellen Smith said she had complete faith in Rockhampton s civil operations team when it came to ensuring the quality of local road works. Speaking during the Fatality Free Friday launch on Gladstone Road, Ms Smith said it was up to drivers to drive to the road conditions. A lot of young people get their licences in town then they go driving on unsealed rural roads, she said. They don t know how to handle the gravel and they re driving too fast. Cr Smith said the council spent about $4 million each year upgrading local roads, and she was grateful for the duplication works between Gracemere and Yeppen.
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