May 7, 2014
The South Burnett Regional Council believes it may be getting closer to solving the problem of Levers Road at Tablelands.
A catastrophic landslip in June last year forced the Council to close the road and divert traffic along Crownthorpe, Carters and Daniels roads.
Council engineers feared the complete collapse of the road was imminent.
In December, local residents who attended a public meeting at Tablelands Hall were told there were three possible solutions for getting the road re-opened:
- A “like-for-like” replacement of the road, which would require reinforcing sections of the road with concrete pylons; council officers estimated this could cost as much as $4.5 million, or close to 10 per cent of the South Burnett Regional Council’s annual budget.
- A reworking of the road on a new alignment; this would involve some land resumptions but was estimated to cost roughly one-third of the “like-for-like” option
- Leaving the road closed, and diverting traffic along Carters and Daniels roads; this would be a low-cost option for the Council but one that would require some affected landholders to travel as much as eight kilometres further.
The meeting was told the cost of the first option made it unlikely the Council would be able to undertake the project.
Voting for the other two options was split evenly amongst attendees.
The Council will now hold a second public consultation meeting at Tablelands Hall between 6:30pm and 8:30pm on Wednesday, May 14 to update residents on further investigations into the two options.
Acting Mayor Cr Keith Campbell told southburnett.com.au this week that it was likely the road would be rebuilt on a new alignment.
This would involve resuming some land from an adjoining property holder.
However, he said a final decision would not be made until the outcome of the public consultation meeting was known.
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