Earlier this year, Australian Army Engineers undertook a series of infrastructure projects for the community of Mapoon in Cape York, Queensland. The 19th Chief Engineer Works (Army) was the Project Managers for the entire project. The 17th Construction Squadron (Army) was the construction agency for the projects which included housing and road works.
Army also worked with Mapoon Council to facilitate a Telstra upgrade of the telecommunications link from Weipa to Mapoon.Commissioned in September 2009, the link provides increased telecommunication capacity to the community. The Army used cydn as its IT service provider while on site and cydn is now using the new link to provide services into the community