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Landowner suffers $350,000 rip-off

I'VE gone into bat for a Mackay landowner who is owed more than $350,000 in compensation from the State Government’s Transport and Main Roads Department.Charles Ogilvie, who operates Blue River Landscape Supplies adjacent to the Edmund Casey Bridge at Foulden, has run out of options to get a fair deal, after land for the construction of the Edmund Casey Bridge was resumed in 2006.The valuer for Transport and Main Roads (TMR) determined that the value of the land, just on its capacity and not income potential, was $450,000.Mr Ogilvie was finally paid $100,000 about 18 months ago, but TMR has since said they have improved the value of his land and they don’t have to pay him any more money.

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Get moving on Mackay Ring Road

AS 600 jobs wait in the wings, I'm calling on the State Main Roads Minister to pull out all stops to build the Mackay Ring Road.The Federal Government had supplied most of the money needed to execute Stage One of the $565 million Stage One project, but it is now up to Minister Mark Bailey to stump up with the resources to get it happening.Our city is in dire need of major projects like the Mackay Ring Road to deliver jobs and stimulate our economy.And while the Abbott Government has done its part to help with the process, I’m pushing for some serious action at the State level.

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