{"id":167741,"date":"2017-01-23T16:23:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T06:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=167741"},"modified":"2020-09-25T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T05:22:34","slug":"wbbroc-backs-water-transport-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/01\/23\/wbbroc-backs-water-transport-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"WBBROC Backs Water, Transport Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>January 23, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council’s priorities of getting better water supplies for local agriculture and improved heavy transport routes in the region are being backed by the Wide Bay-Burnett Regional Organisation Of Councils (WBBROC).<\/p>\n

WBBROC is the peak organisation that represents the six councils of the Wide Bay-Burnett (ie South Burnett, North Burnett, Cherbourg, Gympie, Fraser Coast and Bundaberg) in high-level negotiations with the State and Federal Governments.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell said last week the South Burnett is actively participating in WBBROC’s ‘Last Mile’ and ‘Water For Agricultural Growth’ projects.<\/p>\n

The Last Mile project aims to open up the South Burnett’s road network so that individual businesses can more easily access main transport routes.<\/p>\n

WBBROC is working with the Department of Transport and Main Roads and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator to set up a flexible approach to heavy vehicle permits that would avoid the need to upgrade a large number of local roads, which would be cost prohibitive.<\/p>\n

He said South Burnett Directions’ Transport Reference Group have already identified priority heavy vehicle transport routes through the South Burnett. <\/p>\n

They are:<\/strong><\/p>\n