September 6, 2012
Further lane closures will occur on the D’Aguilar Highway next week at the Blackbutt Range to allow work to progress.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington said significant progress was being made but a single-lane closure would be required around the clock next week for pavement works.
“We appreciate the patience of road users during another week of single-lane closures,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“These closures are necessary to enable the temporary road surface to be maintained. During this time traffic will be permitted up the range on the hour and half-hour and down the range at a quarter-to and a quarter-past the hour.”
She said the highway would also return to single-lane operation after the September/October school holidays for works on the permanent road surface.
“The bitumen and asphalt works required for the permanent surface will mean that a lane closure will need to be in place for about 10 weeks, 24-hours-a-day,” she said.
“Once the permanent road surface is finished, the overall project will be nearing an end.”
Unlike the wet weather impacts earlier this year, the current dry spell is enabling works to proceed without ongoing disruptions.
“During the past year there has been more than 800mm of rainfall at the reconstruction site, and about a quarter of that occurred in June and July 2012,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“This has caused a large amount of lost time on the project.”
Weather permitting, the single lane arrangements will be in place from 8:00pm on Sunday, September 9, until 2:00pm on Saturday, September 15.
This project is being delivered under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements, a joint Federal and State initiative.
Under these arrangements, the Federal Government provides 75 per cent of the funding, with 25 per cent from the State Government.
