COUNCIL PLOTS WAY OUT OF GRAVE SHORTAGE
THE South Burnett Regional Council has moved to expand the region’s largest cemetery, with estimates suggesting the current area will be filled within three years.
At its general meeting on August
25, the council unanimously voted to approve a motion to inform the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of the council’s intent to expand the Taabinga Cemetery on the outskirts of Kingaroy.
The cemetery, located off the Bunya Highway, comprises 8.09ha,
but presently DAF Kingaroy is conducting farming activity over about 3ha of the land.
A report tendered to the council revealed there was about 180 lawn plots remaining in the current area of the cemetery, first used in 1901, which is estimated to last the region for
another two to three years.
The council’s 10-year capital works program includes more than $80,000 in funding set aside for the improvement and expansion of the cemetery.
It was unclear when the works would begin.