Project overview*
| Status | Progressing approvals |
| Type | Prescribed project |
Description
Townsville City Council plans to develop the estate over the next 20 years to transform it into an environmentally sustainable, advanced manufacturing, processing and technology hub. The enabling infrastructure works required to develop the precinct include the development of rail and road connections, delivery of water to the precinct and the development of internal road networks to support future project proponents.
| Proponent | Townsville City Council |
| Process | Prescribed project |
| Declaration lapse date | 6 March 2027 |
| Location/s | Calcium, 40 kilometres south of Townsville |
| Local government/s | Townsville City Council |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Jobs | 5,000 construction, 1,600 operational |
| Construction start date | Underway - Enabling Infrastructure Road construction |
| Construction end date | Expected - Enabling Infrastructure Water Q3 2029 |
* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
Process timeline
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7 March 2023 | Declared a prescribed project ( 243.4 KB) |