It is the second time the project has been proposed after the first development approval lapsed. The strategic location of the centre, within proximity to the Mackay City centre, will provide essential support services for existing and future residential accommodation, documents stated. Design plans for a new education and care service at 48 Carlyle St, Mackay, as submitted to Mackay Regional Council. Picture: Jardine Architects A genuine need exists within the area for additional child care places ⦠the proposed use is also likely to encourage the use of other commercial/retail services in the locality and provide additional employment opportunities within the community.
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Mackay Regional Council has approved the development of a new function centre at Midge Point, dismissing one councillorâs claim that it could potentially lead to a âsewage overflowâ.
Developers will need to meet more than 30 conditions if they go ahead with their plans â submitted to the council in April last year â for a wedding and corporate events centre on Lawson St.
Councillors Laurence Bonaventura, Alison Jones, Martin Bella and Russell Seymour voted against approving the venue, but this fell short of the majority required to flush the proposal.
Cr Bonaventura said he believed the development should not go ahead because it was proposed for rural residential zoned area and because of his own concerns about sewage overflow.
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A massive wind farm that generates enough energy to power 305,000 homes could be under construction as early as next year.
Details of the Lotus Creek Wind Farm project have been detailed as the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment seeks public comment on the development.
The referral documents detail the wind farm would consist of 55 wind turbines, each with a production capacity of about seven megawatts, and would be built on a sprawling Nebo-Connors Range between St Lawrence in the east, and Lotus Creek in the west.
“The wind farm would assist the Queensland Government to achieve its target of 50 per cent renewable energy generation by 2030, contributing towards reduced greenhouse has emissions,” documents stated.