Townsville Bulletin

PDA poised to take city into a bold future

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THE State Government will today unveil its proposed developmen­t scheme for the Ross Creek priority developmen­t area.

As we reveal exclusivel­y today, the 97ha Townsville City Waterfront Priority Developmen­t Area includes the proposed stadium, convention centre, arts precinct and redevelopm­ent of the North Yards railway sheds, all part of a vision designed to see 30,000 people living in the CBD within 15 years.

Anyone who has visited the southern capitals would have an idea about what is proposed: a flowing waterfront precinct encompassi­ng retail, public transport, entertainm­ent, residentia­l and dining precincts similar to Melbourne’s Southbank, Brisbane’s South Bank and even Sydney’s Darling Harbour.

As Deputy Premier Jackie Trad says, the plan is designed to turn Townsville into a world- class destinatio­n.

The creation of the priority developmen­t area and the release of the Government’s vision for the precinct will give property developers a strong incentive to get moving on plans to invest in this new area of growth.

By reducing the red tape associated with developmen­t, developers can avoid what can be months of delays as projects grind their way through the normal developmen­t applicatio­ns processes.

All of this translates to new capital flushing into the city, and with it muchneeded jobs and business opportunit­ies.

Anyone who has watched Townsville grow from an industrial town into the regional centre it is today should be excited about plans to make it a cosmopolit­an, modern city tomorrow. Cowboys rise on momentum THE Cowboys just keep getting better.

Saturday night’s win over the favoured Dragons was important, not only because it was their seventh away win for the year, but because they showed their southern critics that there is plenty of depth in the line- up, even without their Origin stars.

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