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Kingaroy’s Alford Street car park will get a long overdue upgrade next financial year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 20, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council has given staff the go-ahead to proceed with a major upgrade of Kingaroy’s Alford Street car park.<\/p>\n

However, work will not begin until the 2020-21 financial year, more than two years after the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce identified the project as its top priority for the revitalisation of the town’s CBD.<\/p>\n

At Wednesday’s monthly meeting, Councillors adopted a final design for the car park and accepted a recommendation to set the project’s delivery date in the upcoming fiscal year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When completed, the refurbished car park will feature two caravan\/trailer parking bays; disabled parking bays; a dump point; and provision for the future installation of electric chargers.<\/p>\n

The project was first announced in January 2020 and was put out to public consultation from February 14-28.<\/p>\n

This drew eight written responses covering 14 topics ranging from tree planting to Rail Trail access.<\/p>\n

Infrastructure General Manager Aaron Meehan told the meeting issues raised during the public consultation period had been used to inform the final design.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said Council staff had also developed an alternative design for the upgrade that included angled parking.<\/p>\n

However, they were forced to set this idea aside when analysis disclosed that design would reduce the number of parking bays by 25.<\/p>\n

Early thoughts about installing electric vehicle chargers as part of the upgrade have also been modified due to cost considerations.<\/p>\n

Instead, the upgrade will make provision for chargers to be easily installed at some future time if it becomes economically sound to do so.<\/p>\n

Mr Meehan said all businesses affected by the car park upgrade would be advised before work began in an effort to minimise disruption.<\/p>\n

The car park will not be available for public use while the upgrade is carried out.<\/p>\n

Mayor Brett Otto, whose accountancy business backs on to the car park, excused himself from the meeting before the matter was discussed.<\/p>\n

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The final design for Kingaroy\u2019s Alford Street car park that was approved at Council’s May meeting (Graphic: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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