September 24, 2014
The South Burnett Regional Council gave the formal go-ahead for construction of Kingaroy’s new Wastewater Treatment Plant today when it awarded a tender for $16,027,629 to Aquatec Maxcon Pty Ltd, along with agreed additional capital items.
The final bill for the project is expected to be around $20 million.
Mayor Wayne Kratzmann noted the project was the largest ever undertaken by the Council, equivalent to almost 40 per cent of the Council’s annual budget.
Half of the total amount will be paid for by the State Government, thanks to a Royalties For Regions grant announced by Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney in March this year.
The other half will be paid by South Burnett ratepayers through a long-term, low interest loan from Treasury.
The Council also accepted a second tender from Aquatec Maxcon for $7,535,265 plus agreed additional capital items for the upgrade of the Gordonbrook Water Treatment Plant.
Council also awarded a tender of $1,034,067 to Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd for the River Road Sewer Main Replacement, a flood restoration project.
This will be paid for from a $1.4 million betterment grant awarded to the Council by the State Government last November.
And a fourth tender for $1,491,024 was awarded to SRS Roads Pty Ltd for the supply of goods and services for this year’s road resealing program.
The four tenders were awarded in a closed session at today’s monthly Council meeting.
Closed sessions are a normal procedure when tenders are awarded, since the details of all tender offers are regarded as “commercial in confidence”.
Only details of winning tenders are announced.
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