The Queensland Government has earmarked $14.7 million in funding towards Townsville’s Weston and Woolcock Street Signalised Intersection project under its Residential Activation Fund.
The funding will support construction of the critical infrastructure project, which the Government says will unlock 1,600 new homes in Cosgrove Estate.
Project works include:
- upgrading the existing unsignalised intersection to a signalised intersection;
- street lighting and signalised pedestrian crossings on all four approaches to the intersection;
- installation of under-road culverts, stormwater and drainage systems;
- installation of signs, pedestrian barrier fencing, roadside guideposts, line marking, lighting/signal footings and pram ramps.
“This $14.7 million investment is just one way we are reversing Labor’s decade-long neglect of regional Queensland,” said Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, Jarrod Bleijie.
“The Residential Activation Fund is delivering on the Crisafulli Government’s election commitment to unlock more land for housing giving more Queenslanders a place to call home.”
Member for Townsville, Adam Baillie said the Residential Activation Fund was a key election commitment of the State Government and would ensure more North Queenslanders could get into homes sooner.
“This announcement is a great win for Queenslanders looking to get into a new home and will secure the future of our region for decades to come,” Mr Baillie said.
“The Crisafulli Government wants people to be able to live, work and play in regional Queensland, and making sure they have a place to call home is the first step.”
