General News
2 December, 2020
New multi-million dollar servo opens
MOTORISTS will now be able to experience the new and improved Mobil service station after it was officially opened on Thursday, November 26.
MOTORISTS will now be ableto experience the new and improved Mobil service stationafter it was officially opened on Thursday, November 26.
The old Mobil service station was demolished along withan adjacent house to make room for the new station that features ultra-high flow diesel and a 24hrcafé along with other improvements.
The four million dollar project took just over 22 weeks tocomplete after being approvedseveral years ago with the construction starting in May andfinishing at the end of November.
The opening was attended by Mareeba Shire Council (MSC)Mayor Angela Toppin and Developer Dean Pradal who bothcommented on the sites upgraded facilities.
“We initially viewed this as a high quality development and itis that, so I congratulate all parties involved,” Cr Toppin said.
“They are employing localand they are developing partnerships with local businessesand that synergy is importantin terms of the shire going forward.
“We’re very pleased with the development and the benefits it brings to the shire both trade wise and employment wise.”
“We bought the site back in 2010 from the previous owners who held the site for about 35 years,” Mr Pradal said.
“From there we expanded and we had this plan for a new development for about three years.
“We finished the project in 22 weeks and we handed it over.”
Rob Mahoney Retail General Manager for Trinity Petroleum and Freedom Fuels is excited to have been able to keepstaff on and employ new localstaff to man the upgraded service station.
“In terms of local employment we have been able to reemploy a lot of the staff thatworked here formerly,” he said.
“We have used contractorsthat are local and we use suppliers that are local.
“One example is that wehave chosen to use a local bakery to supply the bread for thestation, because they are good, because we can and it is good for the community.”
Better quality fuel and upgraded pump stations are alsonow available at the Mobil station as a part of their new upgrades.
