Yeppoon Heritage Railway Precinct

Local companies are invited to tender for the works to build and landscape a missing section of the Yeppoon Capricorn Coast Pineapple Rail Trail.

The contract will involve constructing and landscaping approximately 400 metres of new shared pathway, connecting the rail trail at the corner of Braithwaite and James Streets, along the frontage of proposed Station Quarter at 45 James Street, Yeppoon.

The tender is open for two weeks from Wednesday 27 May until 2pm on Thursday 11 June 2020.

Tender award is anticipated by mid-June 2020.

Offers can be made via the QTenders website (Ref. DSDTIEDQ202920).

Please see attached article about the recent purchase contract signed by Silverstone Developments.

For more information, please see news article here.

Announcement of almost $1 million in funding from the Growth Area and Regional Infrastructure Investment Fund for works on the heritage station building and Capricorn Coast Pineapple Rail Trail.

http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2019/8/16/rail-trail-rolls-closer-to-yeppoon-foreshore

Dileigh Consulting Engineers are conduction a structural condition assessment on the Yeppoon station building on behalf of EDQ.

Consultants and contractors will be onsite intermittently during June and July 2019.

The building will remain cordoned off, however EDQ encourage people to avoid walking through the site at any time.

Butler Partners are conducting site investigation works and Capricorn Survey Group are conducting general surveying works at Station Quarter, on behalf of EDQ.

Contractors will be onsite intermittently during February and March 2019.

The onsite work involved contractors identifying locations and some drilling into the ground.

The affected areas will be cordoned off, however EDQ encourage people to avoid walking through the site at any time.

Butler Partners, on behalf of EDQ, are conducting site investigation works on Station Quarter.

Contractors will be on site from Monday 22 October 2018, with a scheduled completion date of approximately Friday 29 October 2018.

The onsite work involves contractors identifying locations to be tested and some drilling into the ground.

The affected areas will be cordoned off, however, EDQ encourage people to avoid walking through the site at any time.

There will soon be movement at the station now that expressions of interest have been called for the renewal of Yeppoon’s heritage rail precinct.

Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning Cameron Dick said the private sector should get involved in this exciting development opportunity, to be known as Station Quarter, in the heart of Yeppoon.

“I’m calling on all interested parties who have the capability and capacity to work with the State Government’s specialist land use planning and property development unit, Economic Development Queensland, to unlock Yeppoon’s historic past and deliver a vibrant precinct that meets market demands and local needs,” Mr Dick said.

http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2018/9/14/yeppoon-heritage-rail-precinct-steams-ahead