Mackay bicycle riders may soon enjoy new additions like hydration and repair stations if council votes in favour of an amendment. Mackay Regional Council meets on Wednesday to decide whether to approve changes to the Planning Scheme Policy aimed at providing long-term connectivity between existing cycles and pathways . If approved, developments would need to comply with the bicycle-friendly changes from March 1.
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Mackay Regional Council is exploring plans to ensure Anzac services can be held in some form this year. The Anzac Day march and dawn service will be cancelled, while the 9.30am service at Jubilee Park will be livestreamed with a cap on numbers under the current plan the council is exploring. A joint organising committee of the council and RSL behind this year s service is awaiting further advice from the State Government on whether other options can be considered. Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson said any plans for Anzac commemorations would be in accordance with the Chief Health Officer s directives. Cr Williamson said while he understood comments comparing Anzac services to football games and protest rallies in terms of crowd sizes, the council was bound by the CHO directives in terms of planning events.
A small but determined army of opponents to a truck stop opposite a school have appealed for the Mackay council to stop the development. About 70 residents have signed a petition, to be tabled today at the council meeting, in opposition to the truck depot to be built at 4 Christoe St at Farleigh. In her petition, resident Julie Penhallurick said Farleigh community members met in mid-December to discuss the development and their concerns. In an email to the council, Ms Penhallurick questioned whether the development had appropriate approvals and the safety of students at Farleigh State School opposite. Farleigh is a small peaceful community that would be spoiled by an unsightly truck park, Ms Penhallurick said.