Draft Parks Plan Now Available

Apex Park in Bell Street, Kumbia … a suggestion that it be scrapped was one of the flashpoints when the original draft was released for public consultation

October 18, 2018

The latest version of South Burnett Regional Council’s controversial “Draft Sport and Recreation Infrastructure and Strategic Plan” is now available to download.

Download: Draft Sport and Recreation Infrastructure and Strategic Plan (16.4Mb PDF)

Hard copies are also available to view at Council libraries.

The draft was presented and approved for release at Council’s General Meeting on October 10 but because minor editing changes had to be made, it was not made available at that time.

Feedback must be submitted to Council in writing by 5:00pm on Wednesday, November 7.

The strategic plan has been developed with State Government funding through a partnership with the North Burnett Regional Council and Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council.

The funding was provided to develop individual regional plans as well as an overarching plan for the Wide Bay Burnett region.

“Once finalised, this plan will give Council a clear direction over the next 10 years to guide investment in parks, recreation, sports and open space management,” portfolio holder Cr Roz Frohloff said.

“The content of the Draft Plan is comprehensive while analysing Council’s current management and resourcing as well as recommending our future strategic direction.

“This plan will assist Council to accurately project our expenditure, evaluate community requests for support and financial assistance and ensure we have ‘shovel-ready’ projects to leverage external funding sources when they become available.”