Chinchilla Botanic Gardens

Council: Western Downs Regional Council
Fund: Royalties for Resource Producing Communities Fund
Category: Cultural, Sports and Recreational Infrastructure
Round: 3

Transforming an unused and unmaintained site into a 'Destination Park', with a botanical garden, event space and entertainment precinct, that will give Chinchilla an all-year-round tourist drawcard.

Funding

Total project cost
$6,021,151
Funding (BoR)
$2,850,000
Funding (Council)
$3,171,151

Jobs*

Jobs
18.1

Construction

Current stage
Funding approved
Construction start
February 2018
Expected completion
December 2018

* Average number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs supported by project construction (based on Queensland Treasury's Guidelines for estimating FTE jobs directly supported by the capital works program).

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