Roads
The SBRC plan to rename and/or renumber several roads formerly shared by Nanango and Kingaroy Shire Councils to improve residents’ safety

August 21, 2013

The South Burnett Regional Council will rationalise road names and rural property numbers on several roads that intersected – or were adjacent to – the boundaries of the former Kingaroy and Nanango shires to improve residents’ safety.

Today councillors were told that several roads on the borders of the former Council areas have inconsistent road names and/or rural addresses.

This is causing confusion for casual users and significant difficulties for emergency services which could result in loss of life unless the problem is fixed.

The Council will undertake a process of renumbering and/or renaming road sections after community consultations, and will offer affected landowners up to $50 per residence to assist them with their change of address obligations.

Roads that will be renumbered and/or renamed include:

  • Booie Road – renumbered from the Burnett Highway to Kingaroy-Barkers Creek Road
  • Bellbird Road – renumbered from the D’Aguilar Highway to Kingaroy-Cooyar Road
  • School Road and the small section of Darley Estate Road between Semgreens Road and Kunioon Road will be renamed Kunioon Road; Kunioon Road will then be defined as Buttsworth Road to Nanango-Brooklands Road
  • Lucas Road between West Coolabunia Road and Semgreens Road will be renamed to form part of West Coolabunia Road
  • Ellesmere North Road and Glencliffe Road (east section) will be renamed Ellesmere Road; Ellesmere Road will then be defined as Stuart Valley Drive to Glencliffe-Wengenville Road; and Glencliffe Road defined as the current western section from Kumbia-Brooklands Road to Wengenville-Glencliffe Road
  • Barkers Creek-West Coolabunia Road will be renamed as Goodger Gully Road and then renumbered over its full length

Council will have to erect 40 new signs as part of the process, costing $7000 in total.

It also expects that 50 postal addresses will be affected, at a total cost of $2500.

Officers said that the changes will increase the safety of residents by reducing emergency response time, as well as reduce the number of customer service requests the Council receives about property addressing details.

Once the changes have been affected, the Department of Natural Resource Management will be advised so it can update its database.

These changes will then flow on to other government departments which use DNRM data, as well as mapping services such as Google Maps.