Grant Award View - GA5124
Biggenden Saleyards Redevelopment and Upgrade
Biggenden Saleyards are a major livestock exchange for the Wide Bay Burnett region (WBB), with this project underpinning the future of the region s cattle industry, a major contributor to GRP. This project will redevelop the Biggenden Saleyards, incorporating redesigned layout, 384 selling and 61 holding pens, new weighbridge, overhead walkways, buyers laneways, double and single deck loading ramps and new drafting facilities. The project will increase sale day capacity by 43% to meet increasing demand, and bring about significant improvements in animal welfare, risk management and WHS. The project will create 34.5 FTE jobs during construction, and by 2028, will create 12.7 new FTE jobs with a total annual output impact of $5.2M.