Some, like the basketball stadium have come to fruition and are already reaping added benefits like the coaches conference.

Other projects like the latest revelations of the Western freeway bypass of Beaufort may be years away but the welcome work to speed up the major route and free a town of trucks is well underway.

Other have taken a sideways step, like the GovHub, a key project to revitalise the CBD but which will now no longer be built on publicly owned land.

Others are beset by delays.

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