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Subscriber only A Ninja Warrior course at WetSide Water Park, car park upgrades at the Brolga Theatre and the sports precinct are among more than $4 million worth of projects the Fraser Coast Regional Council will undertake with funding from a Federal Government grants program. The Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program aims to deliver infrastructure projects to support jobs and local economy resilience to help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fraser Coast Deputy Mayor Darren Everard said the projects will be completely funded by the Federal Government program which will free up Council funds for other works.
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WetSide Water Park has proven to be more popular than ever, despite a six-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tens of thousands of people visited the top-rated Hervey Bay venue last year.
Mayor George Seymour said that as well as blitzing figures from previous years between January and March, residents and visitors also made up for lost time after the venue reopened in September.
WetSide visits throughout the school holidays increased 40 per cent from this time last year.
âNew statistics show the total number of attendances at WetSide from September 2020 to December 2020 was 71,804, up 5270 from 66,534 for the same period in 2019,â Cr Seymour said.