If you haven’t seen the stunning walkway being constructed along the Esplanade in Tin Can Bay on the waters edge heading to Norman Point, make the time to take a drive and have a look.
The walkway is being built from Cod Street to Norman Point and already looks tremendous with no doubt locals and tourists will use the path extensively once it is finished.
The path meanders beside the waters of Tin Can Bay and acts as an extension of the recently completed footpath.
As reported previously by Cr Jess Milne: “The Cooloola Revitalisation Project pathway upgrades in Cooloola Cove and Tin Can Bay have been mostly completed. The tender has been awarded for the Cod St to Norman Point boardwalk section which has begun. Funding for the whole $3.8M project has been state funding from Building Our Regions $2,766,800, TMR Cycle Grant $150,000 and Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme $309,900 with a Council contribution of $534,000.“
Filippo Di Guglielmo, construction manager and owner of Roman Construction, who won the tender, said it was one of those landmark projects you are lucky enough to get and another opportunity for them to showcase their work.
“Tin Can Bay could do with a bit more to drag people in as it’s a really beautiful little village and not just a great fishing spot.”
“I think it will give people another reason to visit this great little spot.”
“We have done some other walkways and constructions and people go right out of their way to go to them and walk and do bird watching.”
“You don’t know what it will become but people find something like this, and it can become more than what you thought it might be. It’s great to get people out experiencing the sky, the water and fresh air.”
Filippo said they like to employ local contractors where possible in the region and engaged local builder Haydn Taylor from HST Construction who is contracting the work to help with the delivery of the project.
Roman constructions are based in Windsor and have been one of the casualties of the recent Brisbane Floods but said people are much worse off than them.
The company started in Brisbane in 2006 and have based in Windsor since they formed.
Their work has included projects at Sydney Olympic Park, Newcastle, Rockhampton, Cairns, Kosciuszko, South Australia, and flood remediation on the Patterson River.
“We did some work up at Emu Park, Rockhampton and it was part of a coordinated delivery of works by council and it has turned into its own tourist attraction.”
“People go out of their way to go to Emu Park and the viewing platform and for years the council has been adding to it and it is now a destination.”
The walkway is a great asset to the Cooloola Coast region and makes perfect use of an area offering vantage points to view the stunning scenery and stunning waterways of Tin Can Bay.
