TOWNSVILLE will offer a new round of incentives to attract new residential and retail development in the city's CBD as part of a major campaign to generate new jobs and investment.
THE Australian Government this week announced that work has now begun on a $110 million project to duplicate the Warrego Highway between Leeson Road at Charlton and Nugent Pinch Road at Cotswold Hills, to the west Toowoomba.
AUSTRALIAN Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss this week announced approval of Brisbane Airport's 2014 Master Plan, which outlines the airport's strategic direction for the next 20 years.
BRISBANE City Council this week released the reference design for the major upgrade of one of Brisbane's busiest road corridors, Kingsford Smith Drive, between Theodore Street and Breakfast Creek Road.
SUNSHINE Coast Council last week announced it has given preliminary approval to a proposed resort and waterpark, including the world's largest wave pool, on a 24-hectare site at Steve Irwin Way, Glenview, more than 10 kilometres west of Caloundra.
THE incoming Queensland Government should commit to a number of key infrastructure projects, including the proposed Bus and Train tunnel in Brisbane and the extension of the Gold Coast Light Rail, according to the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA).
A NEW step in the planning scheme approval process that would require local governments to undertake an independent review of their planning schemes is one of six initiatives outlined by the Property Council of Australia in its advocacy agenda for the Queensland election.
BRISBANE City Council has called for Expressions of Interest from the private sector to design, construct and operate a new consolidated public marina and tourist boat terminal in the inner-city, as part of its plan to improve access and activity on and alongside the Brisbane River.
QUEENSLAND'S upcoming election must focus on solutions to invest in infrastructure, according to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA), who described it as the key to safeguarding employment and growing the post-resources economy.
BETTER funding for local public infrastructure to improve transport links and provide greater protection from natural disasters should be a key election priority for all parties contesting the January 31 state poll, according to the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ).
QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jeff Seeney this week revealed the design concepts submitted by two groups competing for the multi-billion dollar Brisbane Queen's Wharf Integrated Resort Development.
"We have a once in a generation opportunity to revitalise this area to create a destination that not only attracts international visitors to our city, but also opens it up for the people of Brisbane to enjoy," Mr Seeney said.
THE Queensland Government last week said the proposed $8.15 billion Aquis Resort near Cairns has cleared another hurdle, after the state's independent Coordinator-General approved the project's Environmental Impact Statement.
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jeff Seeney welcomed the approval and said the State Government remained committed to seeing the development go ahead.
THE Brisbane Parking Taskforce, established by Lord Mayor Graham Quirk to conduct a comprehensive review of on-street parking, this month handed down its final report, with a key recommendation to introduce free short-term parking in the inner city.
Parking Taskforce Chairman, Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner, said the taskforce had made 55 recommendations in its report to improve parking across the city and suburbs.
