By Logan mayor Jon Raven
In a city that’s growing as fast as Logan, everyone wants to talk about new homes.
But they rarely mention what has to come first.
You can’t build new homes without roads, water and wastewater infrastructure.
As I said to the Premier and Deputy Premier during their visit to Logan last week, you can’t build new houses without running water and flushing toilets.
That’s why projects like the Chambers Flat Wastewater Treatment Plant are so critical for our city.
It might not be the sexiest piece of infrastructure, but it will support tens of thousands of residents for decades to come.
This build will help ensure some of Logan’s fastest-growing communities have the services they need well into the future.
Initially, the plant will cater for up to 60,000 people, processing around 10 million litres of wastewater each day.
That’s the equivalent of four Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The plant will be a truly modern facility featuring advanced treatment processes and odour controls.
Best of all, the project is backed by almost $136 million from the Queensland Government, meaning ratepayers won’t have to carry the full cost.
At the same time, we’re working on the other pieces of our growth puzzle.
Key road upgrades are progressing across Logan’s southern growth corridor, including along Chambers Flat and Logan Reserve Roads.
These projects will help improve local road safety, reduce congestion and help our transport network handle the extra traffic that is already around us.
The planning and delivery of city-shaping infrastructure often goes unnoticed while it quietly progresses in the background.
But, if we want Logan to remain a great place to live as our population grows, we need to keep investing in the infrastructure that makes that growth possible.
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