Car park replaces old TAFE buildings in the city

DEMOLITION works will begin today on six older buildings at the rear of the CQUniversity Mackay City campus.

They are being removed to make way for a car park, which will have at least 110 spaces.

Demolition is expected to take four months, with building works to start in November.

The older buildings are at the corner of Wood and Shakespeare Sts.

Last week CQ TAFE and CQUniversity officially merged into one outfit. It is now the biggest regional university in Australia.

The demolition is part of a $10.2million refurbishment of the former TAFE campus.

CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor and president Scott Bowman said the refurbishment signalled a bright future for the newly merged institution.

"We've got big plans for big changes at Mackay City Campus, and it's important that the new designs create a welcoming atmosphere, because we really do want to invite our community in, to find out what CQUniversity has to offer," he said.

A number of exciting developments are in the pipeline for the campus, with a chiropractic clinic to be based at the Sydney St site.

The clinic will allow allied health students to complete their work placements.

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