Major Projects

Property Related Projects
Hervey Bay currently has in excess of $300 million of known property projects in the pipeline or currently underway (excluding residential and small commercial).

Sustainability
There is a strong push for ecological sustainability with two major residential projects on the drawing boards totalling some 1,000 homes focused on sustainable design. This will be supported by a $10 million sustainable products manufacturing, storage and regional distribution facility.

Transport
Hervey Bay City Council has recently completed an $11 million upgrade to the Hervey Bay airport to allow jet services to fly directly into Hervey Bay. Both Virgin Blue and Jetstar commenced flights from Sydney in July 2005 with direct flights from Melbourne in discussion.

Food/Tourist Precinct
Hervey Bay City Council is investing $400,000 together with a $250,000 grant from the federal government to develop a Visitor Information Centre within the food processing themed tourist precinct at the entrance to the City.

Aquaculture Precinct
Hervey Bay City Council has established a purpose zoned precinct for Aquaculture business purposes and industry research. Commercial activities at this site will include a fin fish growout facility and future hatchery as well as a possible soft shell crab growout facility. Initial investments in commercial aquaculture activities within Hervey Bay are in excess of $5 million and include a commercial marine bivalve hatchery, sea cucumber and crab hatchery and soon to be established long-line pearl oyster culture in the Bay. Hervey Bay is well known throughout Australia and overseas for the sumptuous Hervey Bay scallops.

Accessible Hervey Bay
The $1.2 million Urangan Precinct upgrade includes accessible streetscaping and beach access, accessible amenities, park improvements and beautification with the historic Urangan Pier the focal point of an access friendly park for families. $1.8 million is being invested to extend the Link Mobility Corridor from Old Maryborough Road to Boat Harbour Drive (including upgrading of Main Street). The extension includes landscaping, water re-use irrigation and fibre optic cable. These projects are partly funded by the State Government through the Regional Centres Program.

Waste Projects
The new Fraser Coast Recycling Centre is a $3.5 million dollar state of the art waste management facility. The Recycling Centre specialises in minimising waste to landfill and maximising value added recyclable products such as top standard mulch, crushed concrete for road base and recycled aluminium, steel, paper and plastics.

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