November 16, 2017
The South Burnett Regional Council will rename two roads in Wondai and Taromeo to make life easier for emergency services, postal services and the general public.
At Wednesday’s monthly meeting, Councillors heard that Jarvis Lane in Wondai and Ulampa Creek Road in the Nukku and Taromeo areas were both creating problems.
In Wondai’s case, Jarvis Road – which connects to the Bunya Highway – is separated from Jarvis Lane – which connects with the Wondai-Proston Road – by an unformed section that doesn’t physically connect the pair.
The Council doesn’t intend to build any connection in the near future, so Councillors voted to rename Jarvis Lane to Keates Road.
The new name was chosen to honour former Wondai Shire Council CEO Alan Keates OAM, and the motion to make the change was moved by Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff and seconded by Cr Ros Heit.
Cr Duff said she was very pleased Mr Keates’ many years of service to the Wondai area was being recognised in this way.
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In the case of Ulampa Creek Road, part of it starts at Cooyar Creek in Nukku and connects with Nukku North Road, while another part starts at Old Esk Road in Taromeo and connects with Nukku North Road.
Both the Nukku and Taromeo sections connect with different parts of Nukku North Road and are in different localities.
Roads Portfolio chair Cr Gavin Jones told the meeting he’d consulted with residents along both sections, and the simplest solution was to rename the Taromeo portion Harper Road.
This was because only one resident would be affected by a name change there, while more than 20 would be affected if the Nukku section’s name was altered.
Cr Jones moved this be done, and was seconded by Cr Roz Frohloff.
Councillors agreed.
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At the same meeting, an application to rename Four Mile Gully Crossing on Benair Road to Reed Crossing was turned down.
Councillors heard that Ms Cheryl Patteson had made the request to acknowledge the Inverlaw district’s first European settlers, her grandparents George and Isabella Reed.
However, officers recommended the request be turned down because there were similar infrastructure names in the area, such as Reedy Creek Road.
The cost of maintaining additional signage was another reason for rejecting the request, they said.
There are a number of drainage crossings in the region, and personalising one crossing would limit the use signage to that particular location.
Councillors adopted the recommendation.
