SOUTH WEST QUEENSLAND
KINGAROY TRANSFORMATION PROJECT Aaron Meehan General Manager Infrastructure, South Burnett Regional Council.
Thank you to IPWEAQ for inviting us to showcase the “Kingaroy Transformation Project – Community Activation and Economic Regeneration”. Over the coming series we will feature the key elements of the project and hear from our industry leading project design and delivery team, many of which you will have come across within our IPWEAQ community. The project is commonly referred to as the “KTP” and with a budget of $15.5M is more than your average streetscape. Delivered in partnership between Council, the Australian Government and the Department of Transport and Main Roads, the project involves the complete redevelopment of the Kingaroy town centre into a modern “Smart Country” precinct like no other. It’s no secret that the Kingaroy town centre is tired and dated, with the last upgrades of this area completed in 1989. In 2017, our design team led by James D’Arcy lit the candle to propose the now KTP and the project was approved for construction under last year’s BBRF Program with groundbreaking on Monday 18 January 2021. The project involves the upgrade of all infrastructure within the KTP footprint including featured landscaping, LED fire lighting, inclusivity targeted design
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KTP groundbreaking ceremony.
with PWD and green zone carparking, widened footpaths, class A irrigation, “Smart Country” capability with almost 50 km of conduits, EME2 pavements, arts and culture spaces, and the KTP’s flagship community zone. Each instalment we will feature the key elements of the KTP design, each with specific objectives to support community activation and economic regeneration for today and for the future. This instalment gives a taste of the features of design which include: Liveability and Inclusive Community Design • Widened footpaths for pedestrian focus and footpath dining both day and night • Installation of legacy and features trees, low maintenance landscaping with automated Class A irrigation
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• Feature build out areas for alfresco and outdoor bar space • Interactive LED fire lighting and signature lanterns featuring the identities of the South Burnett • Designated PWD and Green Zone elderly/pram parks within 50 m of every shop • Arts, culture, indigenous, tourism and community spaces for activation and special events Smart Country and Data Innovation • National leading enabling infrastructure for dark fibre, fibre to the premises and CBD wi-fi • Communication conduit to almost all fixed electrical infrastructure for future technology enablement such as cell-fi, autonomous vehicles, data, and tourism applications • Interactive and programable
