Beenleigh’s city centre facelift has been officially opened.
Logan City Council has spent $5 million to reshape the CBD, including streetscaping improvements, new garden beds and trees, creative lighting and custom-design directional signs.
It also includes urban artworks featuring designs of local artists.
They include award-winning Mary Barron, Kyra Mancktelow, Madhu Khanna and June Hintz.
The artists’ designs, some featuring indigenous themes, have been painted on laneways, footpaths and traffic calming devices. They were also integrated into new shade discs on John Lane and City Road.
It is also hoped that new wider footpaths will encourage local businesses to take advantage of council’s footpath dining incentive fund.
“This investment in Beenleigh will help unlock the enormous economic potential of this area,” deputy mayor Jon Raven said.
“We want the Town Square and nearby streets to be inviting for day and night activities, encouraging more people to visit, shop and work in Beenleigh.”
