The Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct will secure longterm, high-growth, high-skilled jobs for North Queensland through the attraction of environmentally sustainable, circular economy-focussed advanced manufacturing and emerging industries. The Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct will be Northern Australia’s first environmentally sustainable, advanced manufacturing, processing and technology estate powered by locally generated renewable energy ensuring the long-term sustainability of the North Queensland economy. The precinct addresses Australia’s pervasive manufacturing challenge by co-locating industry with lowcost power supplied from the adjacent 400MW solar farm by Edify Energy thus reducing ongoing operating costs, and regionalising manufacturing job creation, outputs and outcomes. The Precinct offers direct access available to the Great Northern Railway (connecting Port of Townsville to Mount Isa), close proximity to the Port of Townsville via high volume road corridors (Flinders Highway, Bruce Highway and Southern Port Access Road) including B-Triple carriageway capacity on major routes to Port, immediate adjacency to the North Queensland Gas Pipeline for future renewable hydrogen expansion, and future connection to Haughton Pipeline for provision of raw water supply to industrial users. The Lansdown Eco-Industrial Estate has already attracted substantial private sector interest with over half of the developable land committed or conditionally committed to advanced battery manufacturing, clean energy, and battery minerals processing industries. A $50 million investment would deliver: Intersection upgrades to provide road access to the precinct, which would also have safety outcomes for Woodstock residents; Relocation of the rail infrastructure to maximise strategic opportunities for creation of a multi-user rail siding within the precinct providing a second method of transporting product to and from the site through to the Port of Townsville and the North West Minerals Province; Provision of a raw water supply for proponents from the Haughton Pipeline Duplication Project located just 13km from the Precinct; Creation of internal access roads that will immediately facilitate finalisation of the first stage of DriveIT NQ and enable operations for all early Precinct users to commence; and A precinct-wide gas microgrid that will support 24-hour industrial operations within the precinct, supplementing low-cost solar power feed for day-time uses. Outcomes Investing in enabling infrastructure will: Unlock rapid delivery of Stage 1 of the Imperium 3 Battery Manufacturing Facility, generating 205 jobs and at completion of Stage 3 achieve 1,150 jobs; Accelerate the first stage of the Pure Minerals battery materials refinement plant, generating a further 100 jobs for the region; Facilitate completion of DriveIT NQ, realising 147 jobs when fully operational, and an injection of $1.4 billion in the economy over the next 40 years; and Attract further private investment in advanced manufacturing, hydrogen and high-tech processing facilities for the remaining available land. GROWTH OPPORTUNITY WHAT WE NEED Relevant Level State Federal A commitment to invest $50M is essential for the construction of access roads, rail and water infrastructure. This commitment will give certainty to investors looking to develop projects on this site A
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