The industrial estate at Casino just got 14hectares bigger.
Richmond Valley Council general manager Vaughan Macdonald said the council purchased 14.1hectares for $2.2million at the Cassino Drive Industrial Estate.
This tract is next to more than 20hectares of land already owned by the council.
“We’ve also maintained the funding we received under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery funding of $9.96million to activate this land,” Mr Macdonald said.
“We’ll now be getting on with finalising the planning for a roundabout on the Bruxner Highway at Patricia Street to open up this land.”
The council has been working on the Regional Jobs Precinct masterplan for years, he said.
That work led to the “rezoning of this land.”
“This is a $13.8million project,” Mr Macdonald said.
The project includes:
Roundabout construction work
Construction of a two-lane roundabout on the Bruxner Highway at Patricia Street
Relocation of existing electricity lines
Installation of street lighting on Johnston Street
Internal infrastructure work (road, drainage, electricity, water and sewer)
Acquisition of development property
Construction of a sewerage pumping station
Extension of water reticulation to the property boundary and to service internal lots
Sewer mains to service lots
Upgrade of public road network (Patricia Street and Irving Drive extension) to service lots.
Days Machinery managing director and dealer principal Dan Hoppe said Days would be housed at a new facility in the development.
“Our business uses Casino as a hub to support Northern Rivers from Tweed to Kempsey and we typically have about 50 employees,” Mr Hoppe said.
Bushfire Local Economic Recovery projects are jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments who contributed $9.96million to the Casino Industries Activation Project.
The information in this report was provided by Richmond Valley Council.
