December 13, 2023
Two local councils picked up awards at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (Queensland Northern Territory) annual conference held on the Gold Coast.
Western Downs Regional Council won the 2023 President’s Award for the Bunya Mountains Mountain Bike Trails project.
South Burnett Regional Council and the Department of Transport and Main Roads received the prestigious 2023 Project of the Year Excellence Award for the Kingaroy Transformation Project (KTP).
IPWEA-QNT is a professional association supporting members employed in public works and engineering services in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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South Burnett Regional Council says the the KTP is officially now one of the leading infrastructure projects in regional Australia.
“Delivered in partnership between the Australian Government, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads and South Burnett Regional Council, the once dilapidated Kingaroy town centre has truly transformed into a shared community and business space boasting modern infrastructure, inclusive accessibility and has placed the South Burnett at the forefront of ‘Smart Country’ precincts,” a spokesperson said.
“Remarkably, despite construction occurring during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, record rainfall including five consecutive disaster-declared events, and record high inflation levels of 17 per cent to 30 per cent, KTP was delivered with only a 7 per cent increase over three years.
“The project was funded with approximately $4.5 million from the Australian Government, $2.68 million from TMR and $10.46 million from Council.”
The KTP included 52km of a concealed conduit network to every powered street fixture, lantern and street light “to deliver a future of ‘Internet Of Things’ (IoT) technology, including designated network for deployed NBN enterprise ethernet, future ‘dark fibre’ and telecommunication capability of up 3.4Petabits per second.”
Acting Mayor Gavin Jones said Council was particularly proud that the project has injected more than $6 million directly into the local economy through local businesses.
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