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\"Proston<\/a>
FLASHBACK: Proston P-10 students Jessica Wyles and Chloe Bingham, former Mayor Wayne Kratzmann, Jade Mann and Cr Kathy Duff at the official opening of Railway Park’s upgrades in 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 21, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Proston Men’s Shed will get a permanent home after the South Burnett Regional Council voted to give the group a long-term lease over a section of Proston’s Railway Park.<\/p>\n

The group had asked the Council to give them either title to a portion of the parkland or a long term licence to occupy so they could secure grants for a shed and equipment.<\/p>\n

At present the group meets twice a week at the Old Railway Office – the former Proston railway station – which is a central feature of the park.<\/p>\n

However the building is also used by other community groups.<\/p>\n

The Men’s Shed said they wanted to secure title to an area near the Old Railway Office big enough to allow them to erect their own 6 metre x 18 metre shed.<\/p>\n

They would use this new shed for meetings, workshops and equipment storage, freeing up the Old Railway Office for everyone else.<\/p>\n

At Wednesday’s meeting, Councillors were told that while any disposal of Council land generally required a tender process, the Local Government Regulation 2012 allowed tendering to be set aside if the land was transferred to a community organisation.<\/p>\n

However officers recommended that rather than split up the park, the men’s shed group be given a standard licence to occupy the land it was seeking.<\/p>\n

Councillors voted to grant the licence for $82.50 a year on the proviso the group took over responsibility for the ongoing maintenance of the land and any infrastructure they built on it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Men’s Shed would also have to obtain all the necessary building and plumbing approvals for their shed when it was ready to erect.<\/p>\n

For its part, the Council would contribute $2000 for the cost of surveying the site to ensure the proposed shed site didn’t affect any existing sewage or park infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Cr Kathy Duff said the decision was a “good news story” for Proston.<\/p>\n

Railway Park was extensively upgraded in 2013 in a joint project between the South Burnett Regional Council, Stanwell Corporation\u2019s Tarong Community Partnership Fund, Smithfield Feedlot and eleven Proston community organisations, along with individuals and local businesses.<\/p>\n

Cr Duff said the location the group had in mind for the shed wouldn’t affect the amenity of the park, but would definitely improve the Proston Men’s Shed’s operations.<\/p>\n

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The proposed location for the Proston Men’s Shed – shown here in orange – would be near the Old Railway Office building (not to scale)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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