Sewer tender awarded

A $3.7 million contract for the upgrade of the Bicentennial Lakes trunk gravity sewer main has been awarded.

The job, which was awarded to FGF Developments Pty Ltd, will address capacity issues associated with the existing sewer, according to Mareeba Shire Mayor Angela Toppin.

“The alignment connects the section of the sewer main that has been upgraded under the Mason Street sewer upgrade project, completed in 2021 at Rankin Street, with the Granite Creek pump station at Byrnes Street,” she said.

A section of the water main at Keeble Street and Jacobsen Street will also be relocated.

The project is required to be practically completed by June 2024 and council officers will now proceed into entering pre-contract negotia-