The decision to demolish the Gabba – but not a heritage-listed school – has set the scene for a vast urban renewal project in Brisbane’s inner-south.
The globe-like structure will tower 30 metres when it is finished,making it visible to passengers when the first flights start late next year.
Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.
The parcel of empty land will finally be sold off for homes,decades after the army moved out. The council says the move will do little to help the housing crisis.
Excavation equipment has now churned through about a million tonnes of rock deep below the north shore,completing two-thirds of the entire project.
The extra costs are aimed at reducing safety risks,the government says.
Weak patronage figures come as the Minns government seeks help from Canberra to close a funding shortfall for the line’s extension.
A delayed upgrade to the western end of the critical link has been boosted by $250 million in federal funding.
It used to be a stopping place on the way to somewhere else,but this riverside town in Victoria’s south-west is growing so fast it’s threatening to swallow up surrounding farmland.
More businesses with ties to bikies and the underworld have been revealed as the gangland corruption scandal deepens.