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An $890,000 upgrade of Maryborough’s Alice St, near Anzac Park, is now complete.
Member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders inspected the completed works this week, which include a new signalised pedestrian crossing and off-road shared path to link to the new waterpark and playground.
“Maryborough is thriving. We’re bringing train manufacturing back to the heritage city, we’ve funded a new waterpark for council to build and we’re upgrading local roads to make them safer and create jobs,” Mr Saunders said.
“The new, mid-block signalised pedestrian crossing on Alice Street, between Cheapside and Rocky Street, will make getting to Anzac Park and the new waterpark and playground much safer, particularly for children.
Bargara breathes sigh of relief as more than 100mm of rain falls overnight
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Falls of more than 100mm were recorded at Bargara overnight, the largest totals in months.
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The pitter-patter of rain on roofs in the coastal Wide Bay town of Bargara was a welcome sound for residents overnight with isolated falls totalling more than 100 millimetres.
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The weather bureau says the showers were very isolated
Inland parts of the Wide Bay Burnett could see rain over the weekend
The coastal community has been drought declared since 2019.
Bargara resident Judy Ford measured 103.5 millimetres in her gauge and said the rain was very welcome.
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More than $16 million will be provided to the Fraser Coast Regional Council by the State Government’s Works for Queensland program as part the plan for economic recovery after COVID.
Member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders welcomed the announcement.
“This is great news for the Maryborough electorate and for our region’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr Saunders said.
“Another round of Works for Queensland will allow Fraser Coast council to deliver more jobs and build or upgrade their council infrastructure through this gold class program.
“We’ve already seen the program deliver great things for Maryborough, including a world class waterpark currently under construction.”
Fraser Coast residents will soon be faced with level two water restrictions, Fraser Coast Regional Council has announced.
Councillor David Lee said while the region’s water supplies were still in good shape Lenthalls Dam is about 63 per cent capacity, while Teddington Weir is about 82 per cent capacity the council was introducing level two water restrictions to slow down their depletion during ongoing dry weather.
The level two restrictions will take effect as of Monday, March 29.
“The combination of dry weather conditions and increased water consumption means our dams are dropping by about one to two per cent a week,” Cr Lee said.