Roads portfolio chair
Cr Gavin Jones

December 14, 2017

Council road crews will be keeping busy over the Christmas school holiday period.

At Wednesday’s monthly meeting, Roads portfolio chair Cr Gavin Jones said that during December construction crews will be working on sealing a section of Corndale Road at Memerambi.

They will be grading and resheeting J Hunters Road at Ballogie; continuing the widening of Kumbia Road near Kumbia; and widening Bell Street, Kumbia, near the new children’s crossing.

They will also be carrying out grader maintenance of Ulampa Road, Googa Creek Road and Pamela Drive in the Taromeo-Benarkin area; and continuing to work on improvements to Cairns Street, Nanango.

Meanwhile, maintenance crews will grade Manumbar Road at Glan Devon; McNamara Road at Nanango; and Swenson Road at Hodgleigh.

Recreation Dive at Wooroolin, Mt Hope Road at Booie, and Boondooma Dam will also see attention from graders.

Cr Jones said Works For Queensland drainage works will get carried out on Markwell and Mant Streets in Kingaroy, and Parker Road at Ellesmere.

And in capital works, Runnymede Road will see culvert extensions; Rodney Street in Proston will get a footpath and a disability parking bay; and a pram ramp will be built in Lamb Street, Murgon.

Cr Jones said Council staff will also be undertaking contract work for the Department of Transport and Main Roads on the D’Aguilar Highway, attending to silting and drainage issues adjacent to the Coolabunia overtaking lane.

They will also be carrying out pavement repairs in the Coolabunia area including Somerfield Lane, stabilising a reseal prep on Byee Road at Byee; and giving the Maidenwell Bunya Mountains Road a formation grade.

Cr Jones said this year’s planned reseals through the region are almost completed, and all available slashers are attending to summer grass growth along Council roads.

Main roads will be slashed once local roads have been attended to.


 

2 Responses to "Busy Summer Planned For Road Crews"

  1. Hi “Spud”.’ Don’t forget the other “Missing Link ‘ between Alford and Haly St where in the centre grows “valuable trees” (despite being judged as pests) and bloody dust stirred up by vehicles parking, I’m referring to the centre strip which does not complement the surrounds of the park. Oh and please explain how a sewer system which runs through yards adjacent affects this other “missing link “. It could be a great project during the break. After all, the last councillor in your chair indicated that something would be done during the school break. That was five years ago? Over to you, Jonesy. Sincere regards, Barry.

  2. Hmmm… I have recently watched the council re-do the bitumen road on which I live along with an adjacent road. The roads in question did not need doing at all, they where both in fine condition. Watching my road get re-done angered me, I will admit, when there are so many other roads more worthy of the council’s attention. I have also heard a rumor that council is requiring Crumpton’s to pay for the sealing of their section of Murphy’s Road, A little puzzling to me that Council will happily work on roads that don’t need attention however a local business that employs dozens of people and puts millions of dollars into our local economy is not supported.

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