‘Once-in-a-generation’: Land for major housing estate hits market
A huge parcel of land near the upcoming Toowoomba Hospital site is now for sale, as buyers prepare to turn it into a massive estate featuring hundreds of homes.
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‘So much potential’: Ex-health boss backs new $2bn hospital plan
Toowoomba is potentially getting the hospital its health board had asked for five years ago, in a $2bn move hailed as “great news”. Read reactions here:
Revealed: Major redevelopment planned for inner-city ‘art deco’ pub
One of Toowoomba’s more unusual pubs will undergo a massive transformation — and it will incorporate a neighbouring ‘art deco’ garage that has become an eyesore.
‘All the hallmarks’: Mayor backs new stadium plan for hospital site
Mayor Geoff McDonald is the latest heavy-hitter to express support for a plan to transform the old Toowoomba Hospital site into a new stadium for the city. Vote in our poll here:
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‘Horrifying’: Residents take council to court over new childcare centre
The Toowoomba Regional Council has been taken to court by residents opposing a new childcare centre on a major intersection, which locals say has been the site of serious crashes.
‘Step forward’: Focus of next Toowoomba leaders summit revealed
Toowoomba’s leaders from three levels of government will finally meet again for the first time in nine months — and one major issue will be on the agenda.
Revealed: What could be coming to Highfields’ new town centre
A planned town centre for one of the region’s fastest-growing communities has been updated for the first time in seven years, with residents now able to give feedback on it. What’s new in the plan.
Up to 700 lots: Major inner-city project revived in big housing boost
Toowoomba’s depleted housing stocks are set for a boost in the coming years, after a developer revived plans for a project near the new hospital. Here’s when lots could be available:
Revealed: When Toowoomba’s new $30m Officeworks will open
Queensland’s second-largest Officeworks precinct will include two new fast food outlets and a national chain’s first entry into Toowoomba.
‘Clear imbalance’: 221-lot estate planned as housing crisis laid bare
More than 200 lots could be added to one of Toowoomba’s key growth areas as evidence mounts of the growing need for new housing across the city.
Similar-sized councils built splash parks, but mayor says it would cost too much
The mayor of Australia’s largest inland city without a splash park has hosed down the idea of building one, saying it would cost ratepayers too much. Here’s how neighbouring regional councils got their splash parks.
Youth detention centres at unsafe levels as new laws slammed
A new report has revealed that Queensland’s youth detention centres are operating above their safe capacity as experts fear the state’s harsher youth crime laws will lead to the mistreatment of children in watch-houses.
Big boost for ‘world class’ mountain bike project in $32m funding deal
New life has been breathed into a troubled mountain bike project in southeast Queensland as part of a massive $32m funding deal between all three tiers of government.
Feedlots, $65m town centres: Major projects now open for feedback
The plans for two developments that would transform the Toowoomba region are now open to feedback from the public. Here’s how to have your say:
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