Industrial Employment Precinct - $10 million
The ask - $10 million
Funding to support the delivery of a new industrial precinct including detailed design work, a development plan, subdivision, site clean-up and infrastructure provision
The brief
The recently adopted Industrial Land Supply & Demand Assessment and Strategy has identified the need for small lot industrial sites in the Shire.
A large (18 hectare) Council-owned site zoned Industrial 1 is available for this use. The land is level and largely cleared and only a small portion of it is needed for future use by Council.
A sewer pump station and local network would unlock over 80 hectares of Industrial Zone land, while a development plan, subdivision and other infrastructure for an 18 hectare council-owned site would enable rapid establishment of multiple businesses and a relocated council depot.
Based on this supply scenario, hundreds of construction and ongoing local jobs would be created. A business case to bring the proposal to feasibility stage is currently being developed.
The benefits
✓ Council owned land enables rapid implementation in a context where land fragmentation and a lack of local industrial developers has constrained supply of sites of this type
✓ Meet growing demand as evidenced by an adjacent factory site seeking additional land for expansion, as well as private operators and Investment Victoria seeking land to establish new industrial businesses in the area
✓ With infrastructure provision, the broader precinct meets an identified need for small to medium industrial lots as well as development-ready medium to large sites and creates 7 – 10 years of supply
✓ Establishes a major employment precinct close to Maryborough and the future growth areas of Carisbrook and Talbot
✓ Supports the growth of small local businesses that underpin supply chains in goods, maintenance and other services and attracts larger industrial businesses to the Shire