November 22, 2018
Council road crews have been working on projects around the region over the past month, despite being interrupted by storms during October.
Roads portfolio chair Cr Gavin Jones told November’s Council meeting that during October and November, a construction crew had been upgrading Niagara Road at Boyneside as part of a contract with AGL to improve access to Coopers Gap Wind Farm.
The ongoing work involved widening the road and extending existing drainage pipes.
In Kingaroy, workers have begun laying a concrete footpath linking the State School in Alford Street with the high school in Markwell Street.
Work has also begun on the upgrade of Logan Street in Kingaroy.
In Blackbutt, stormwater pipes have been ordered and a concrete crew expects to begin laying them in early December.
Other projects that have recently been completed are the installation of a new pedestrian bridge in Haly Street, Wondai; a new concrete footpath in Fitzroy Street, Kingaroy, near St Mary’s Catholic College; and the $1.8 million Rogers Drive roundabout in Kingaroy.
Shoulder grading on narrow sections of the Mundubbera-Durong Road at Boondooma, and various sections of Kingaroy-Barkers Creek Road, Kingaroy-Cooyar Road and the Bunya Highway has also been done.
During November and December, maintenance crews will be carrying out heavy formation grades on Beutels Road near Cushnie; Nords Road and Red Tank Road in the Boyneside area; and Youngman Road.
The Memerambi-Barkers Creek Road between Corndale and the Burnett Highway and Coverty Road at Cushnie will both be getting gravel resheeting.
Other heavy grading or resheeting projects penned in for attention include Jorgensens Road and Rex Schultzs Road near Cushnie; and Weeks Road near Boonenne.
