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he Morning Bulletin has pulled together a list of exciting multimillion-dollar projects in the pipeline, due to break ground or throw open their doors around Central Queensland in 2021. From the arts, to sports, roads, health, defence, manufacturing, education and training, tourism and water security, there s plenty of big projects around the region that will generate employment and keep the economy ticking over.
Rockhampton Museum of Art The scaffolding is coming down, windows are going in and soon the crane will come down at the construction site for the $31.5 million Rockhampton Museum of Art on Quay Street. Jointly funded by local, State and Federal Governments, the completed structure will be six times the size of the existing Rockhampton Art Gallery, providing a home for the city s impressive art collection while delivering significant benefits to the community, generating tourism, economic benefits, and opening up new opportunities for local artists.
Drivers going between Rockhampton to Emerald will benefit from new overtaking lanes on the Capricorn Highway.
Additional overtaking lanes on the Capricorn Highway from Rockhampton to Emerald were funded by $15.2 million from the Federal Government and $3.8 million from the State Government.
Federal Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry said there were now seven eastbound and eight westbound overtaking lanes on the Capricorn Highway between Rockhampton and Emerald.
“These six new overtaking lanes will increase the number of overtaking opportunities through this section of highway, which carries significant mining, agricultural and tourism industry traffic,” she said.
Member for Rockhampton Barry O’Rourke said that in addition, the Capricorn Highway duplication between Rockhampton and Gracemere should be complete by the middle of 2021.
Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Mark Bailey
Drivers and industries from Rockhampton to Emerald are reaping the benefits of the jointly funded $19 million Capricorn Highway overtaking lanes project.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the Australian Government’s $15.2 million commitment was a significant investment in road safety and the Central Queensland road network.
“The Capricorn Highway forms part of Australia’s Key Freight Road Network and Queensland’s Priority Freight Network, connecting the Bruce Highway in the east and the Landsborough Highway in the west,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
MUCH like everyone else, the notorious year of 2020 will be an unforgettable one for Rockhampton MP Barry O Rourke.
From the moment that 2020 clicked over on the calendar, much of the country was on fire and the parched Rockhampton region was no exception.
Mr O Rourke threw his support behind the Morning Bulletin s Fair go for our fireys campaign which ultimately resulted in the Federal Government announcing our heroic firefighting volunteers would be compensated for their protracted time away from work battling bushfires.
It was not long after the wet season quenched the bushfires that Mr O Rourke and his government had to brace themselves for a once in a lifetime challenge - navigating the health and economic catastrophe created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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