Head - Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing

Infrastructure Projects
Project Locations Key stakeholders Comments
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Using the rail line from
Maryborough to Monto for
occasional tourist (passenger)
trains for hinterland events,
festivals, market days
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Ensuring ample water supply
for the Bundaberg & Fraser
Coast Regions
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Improving the supply of
telecommunication services
particularly in remote parts of
the region
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Sealed road between Noosa
and Cooloola Coast
Bundaberg and Fraser
Coast regions
Bundaberg and Fraser
Coast regions
Bundaberg and Fraser
Coast regions
Queensland Rail, DEEDI,
Dept Infrastructure and
Planning, TQ, RTOs,
regional councils
Dept of Infrastructure and
Planning, Wide Bay
Burnett Regional Planning
Advisory Committee,
Water Utility companies
Dept of Infrastructure and
Planning, Wide Bay
Burnett Regional Planning
Advisory Committee,
telecom companies
Fraser Coast Dept Infrastructure and
Planning, Dept of Main
Roads, Fraser Coast
Regional Council
Encourage use of rail as alternative
transport for visitors and dispersal of
visitors into hinterland
Offer themed rail experiences (jazz
train, fruit festival excursion, Cania
Gorge package), steam train options
Need confirmation from QR that the
line is in good working condition;
The rail line is an under-utilised asset
for tourism and can offer an all weather
attraction
It can help other tourism product such
as country markets, town events and
festivals and build profile
Lack of regular or adequate potable
water in regional locations may curtail
tourism development and visitor growth
without investigating alternative
solutions including possible Artesian
Basin potable water
Adequate potable water supply is
expected to 2018 and beyond as Dam
expansion occurs
Dam development to increase capacity
e.g. raising of Borumba Dam by 2025
to increase capacity from 46kML to
350kML
Proposed Traveston Crossing Dam
may assist in providing for population
growth & agricultural & other sectors
expansion in the Wide Bay Area
Limited coverage in some regional
areas (dead spots)
Tourism growth impeded without
expanded mobile and internet
coverage
Time frame for introduction of regular
reliable supply is required
Cost to operators (network structure
charges) of expanded services to be
known in advance
Need for a greater number of tourist
routes to be sealed rather than gravel.
Although this project is proposed south
of the region, sealing Counter Road will
benefit drive visitors travelling north to
Fraser Coast.
Counter Road development is identified
as a short-term goal in the Wide Bay
Integrated Transport Plan.
Current issues with a non-sealed road
include economic loss, lost tourism
opportunities, additional traffic on other
highways and environmental damage
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