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A man was taken to hospital early Sunday morning after a single-vehicle crash west of Emu Park.
Emergency services were called to the crash at the corner of Emu Park Road and Tanby Road, Tanby, at 1.22am.
Queensland Ambulance Service transported a man in his 20s to Capricorn Coast Hospital in a stable condition with an arm injury. emu park crash
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The Livingstone Shire council has voted to slash a list of 25 roads to be resealed down to three.
The council’s capital reseal program for the 2020/21 financial year was flagged to cost more than $565,000 with roads like Svendsen Road, Wood Street, Ferguson Street, Casuarina Ave, and others to be resealed.
Executive director for infrastructure Michael Kriedemann said the evaluations for these roads took place in 2018, and that’s when it was decided when these roads might need to be sealed in the future.
But upon further inspection, Mr Kriedemann said they did not need to be sealed in the upcoming financial year.
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A new child care centre has been proposed at Yeppoon as the developers capitalise on the interstate families who have moved to the region during the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
The 115-place child care centre, which would employ 22 staff, has been proposed to be constructed at 9 and 11 Tanby Road, Yeppoon.
The centre would operate from 6.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday.
The existing dwellings on the blocks would be demolished before any works commence on the site.
The plans include a new carpark and two new driveways, with entry and exit only accesses.
The development application states population growth projections in Queensland indicate an additional 33,000 places or more than 420 child care centres would be required between 2016 and 2036.
Now, after sitting vacant for years, a new business will take up residency in the space. Rocking Horse Antiques will relocate into the top floor, moving from its Tanby Road store at Yeppoon. With the top floor around 1,000 sqm, it s at least four times the size of the former store. The huge floor space means it might be one of Queensland s biggest antique stores. Business owner Gavin Daniels and store manager Patsy Geddes said the new location would allow them to have a lot more furniture and special items. The high ceilings will also allow them to have very tall pieces of furniture.
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COURT, MARCH 11:
Nathan Reese Herbert unstuck.
The 19 year old, required to have a zero blood alcohol limit, blew 0.028 after police caught him driving on Yeppoon Road on February 5.
The court heard Herbert, a construction worker, had a very limited traffic history.
He was fined $400 and disqualified from driving for three months.
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Nathan Adam Johnson, 20, was caught drink-driving at Yeppoon on January 31.
Johnson, required to have no alcohol in his system, blew 0.030 after police subjected him to a random breath test on Whitman Street.
The court heard Johnson, a roofer, had no history of a like nature.