February 21, 2018
The list of roads either graded – or about to be graded – took up a substantial chunk of time at Wednesday’s South Burnett Regional Council meeting.
In January, Council work crews carried out patrol grades on 27 roads in the Brooklands, Kunioon, Goodger, Barkers Creek Flat, Hodgleigh, Coolabunia, Nanango, South Nanango, Wilkesdale and Cushnie areas.
The SBRC plans to patrol grade a further 61 roads by the end of February.
These will be in the Ballogie, Wilkesdale, South Nanango, East Nanango, Wooroolin, Tingoora, Gordonbrook, Glan Devon, Speedwell, Kinleymore, Proston, Okeden and Wigton areas.
Roads portfolio holder Cr Gavin Jones forecast a further 61 roads would receive a patrol grade by the end of March, weather permitting.
The aggressive road maintenance schedule is tackling light to moderately trafficked unsealed roads, and roads which have become badly degraded.
Cr Jones said Council workers usually gave this class of roads a dry grade, but had recently been able to obtain the use of a water tanker.
This allowed them to carry out patrol grades instead, which would yield a better end result.
As well, 10 regional roads with higher traffic volumes were scheduled to receive a heavy formation grade and gravel resheeting by the end of February.
In January, gravel resheeting was carried out on Kawl Kawl Road at Kawl Kawl, and Meiers Road north of Kingaroy.
Gravel resheeting has been scheduled in February for:
- Shellytop Road, Durong
- Booie Road, Booie
- Weens Road, west of Kingaroy
- Dangore Mountain Road, Dangore
- McLean Road, Durong
- Jacksons Road, Durong
- Haly Creek Road, Haly Creek
- Royles Road, Coolabunia
Over the past two months Council workers have also slashed the verges of many of the region’s highways and minor roads.
An even more vigorous slashing program is planned for March as summer comes to an end.
Cr Jones said Council workers had also carried out pavement repairs to a number of roads in preparation for the annual bitumen reseal program, which is expected to begin shortly.
Meanwhile, construction crews were continuing work on Niagara Road, drainage improvements west of Bilboa Road at Boyneside, and drainage improvements in Blackbutt.
The reconstruction of a concrete floodway at Broad Creek is also expected to begin this month.
Cr Jones said he was very happy with the progress that was being made.
