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TROPIC • CONSTRUCTION

Major projects

PIPELINE
A flurry of local building projects is expected to
keep the construction sector busy for years to
come. Tropic has investigated the pipeline to find
out what’s still ahead. 1

MARITIME HEALTH
Cairns Marine Precinct Cairns Hospital ED expansion
What it is: A Common User Facility What it is: Additional treatment and
with paint and blast facilities, resuscitation bays, an extra procedure
a ship lift and hardstands and a room to treat and discharge
maintenance hub less-critical patients, and six more
Investment: The master plan and final treatment spaces.
costings are yet to be released, but Investment: $26.4 million
it’s expected to be over $300 million. Where it’s at: Underway
Where it’s at: Proposal, business
case finalised Cairns Hospital Mental
Health Unit
HMAS Cairns upgrade What it is: A 53-bed unit
What it is: Upgraded facilities at the Investment: $70 million
2 naval base to support the new Arafura Where it’s at: Underway
Class Offshore Patrol Vessels
ROADS Investment: $155 million
Bruce Highway Southern Where it’s at: Construction due to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
commence in September
Access Corridor Cairns Water Security
(stages 3, 4 & 5) TOURISM Project Stage 1
What it is: Turning Ray Jones Drive What it is: New infrastructure to
into six lanes, duplication of the Bruce Cairns Convention source additional water from the
Highway between Edmonton and Centre expansion Mulgrave River
Gordonvale and an upgrade of the What it is: An extra 10,000 square Investment: $215 million
Bruce Highway and Foster metres containing lecture and Where it’s at: Underway
Road intersection meeting rooms, exhibition space
Investment: $829 million combined and a 500-seat banquet/multi-
Where it’s at: Stage 4 (Ray Jones Dr) is functional space
completed, while stage 3 (Edmonton Investment: $172 million
to Gordonvale) is underway. Stage 5 is Where it’s at: Underway
in the planning process
Wangetti Trail
Cairns Ring Road What it is: A 94km walking and
(Cairns CBD to Smithfield) mountain biking trail stretching from
What it is: Upgrades between the Palm Cove to Port Douglas
corner of Comport and Draper Streets Investment: $41.4 million
in Cairns CBD to the intersection Where it’s at: Underway 3
of the Captain Cook and Kennedy
Highways, and Mount Milman Drive EDUCATION JCU Cairns Tropical
in Smithfield Enterprise Centre
Investment: $359 million New CQUniversity
Where it’s at: Construction scheduled Cairns campus What it is: A health innovation
centre located close to Cairns
for June start What it is: A new campus for 4,000 Hospital, paving the way for a
students on the corner of Grafton University Hospital
Cairns Western Arterial Road and Hartley Streets. Investment: $60 million plus land
What it is: Duplication of remaining Investment: $50 million purchase (commercial in confidence)
single-lane sections of the Cairns Where it’s at: Shovel ready, the Where it’s at: Demolition of the site
Western Arterial Road, including a project received bipartisan has occurred and construction is to
new bridge over the Barron River funding promises during federal begin mid this year
Investment: $300 million election campaigning
Where it’s at: Construction scheduled
for late this year 1. Cairns Hospital Mental Health Unit 2. Bruce Highway Southern Access Corridor 3. Tropical Enterprise Centre

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