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A shortlist of some of the achievements of the last four years 

In Division 6: 

  • Rebuilding roads like Tooth St, Ibis Blvd, and the Esplanade 
  • A new carpark and drop-off zone for school traffic in Endeavour Way  
  • New carparks for customers in Old Maryborough Rd and Murphy St 
  • Footpaths and cycleways in the Division, such as Mant St, Murphy St and Martin St
  • New toilets where needed 
  • And little things including ones I promised in 2016, like ending pay parking in Main St Pialba; installing a beach shower at Gatakers; and new seating on the Esplanade at the end of Banksia St 

Across the Region: 

  • Major upgrades to Seafront Oval, including the adventure playground and skate park 
  • An extra 3.5 km on the Rail Trail, with a major planning report prepared ready to seek government funding for the further development of it 
  • Community and cultural initiatives like our Writers’ Festival, improvements to the Regional Gallery programs and staffing, Food and Groove, support for community programs in conjunction with Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre 
  • Getting our Regional Gallery back on track with better budget allocations and a boost to staffing 
  • Preserving heritage, like saving the Pialba Memorial Hall, and establishing a new scheme to help refurbish Maryborough’s heritage buildings 
  • Starting work on our green streets initiatives to make our streets more attractive, and cooler 
  • Getting started on planning reviews which will lead to better urban spaces, more people-friendly suburbs, and the preservation of more vegetated open space  
  • And more little things that make a big difference: getting trees and shrubs planted along the Augustus fence at the entry to Hervey Bay 

Governance:

  • Keeping rates down. Our budgets have seen net general rate increases at either zero or below CPI
  • Reducing debt. Council has frozen borrowings to reduce debt, with borrowings down from about $140M in June 2016 to $73M in December 2019 
  • Improving openness and accountability: on my initiative we introduced video recording and live streaming for council meetings, among  other measures 
  • Working with government on reforms: I have been an integral part of Council’s team working through a raft of reforms in the sector.  
Re-elect David Lewis and Keep Council in Safe Hands 

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