{"id":21500,"date":"2013-01-27T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T00:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=21500"},"modified":"2020-12-21T16:54:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T06:54:03","slug":"road-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/27\/road-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"South Burnett Road Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21510\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130127coverty1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21510\" title=\"20130127 Coverty\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130127coverty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130127coverty1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130127coverty1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coverty Road taken from the Coverty Rural Fire Brigade shed this morning &#8230; depth of the water is over two metres. \u00a0(Photo: Greg Craig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>January 27, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The heavy rain overnight has led to most major roads in the South Burnett region being closed and towns isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Remember &#8230; if it&#8217;s flooded, FORGET IT!<\/p>\n<p>Conditions are changing rapidly, but here&#8217;s a list of some of the major local closures as at 10:00am today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wide Bay Highway &#8211; closed at Goomeri, Kilkivan and Bells Bridge<\/li>\n<li>Bunya Highway &#8211; closed at Krebs Bridge (Murgon); Dingo Creek (Wondai); Kingaroy (TAFE college); the road is also cut between Kingaroy and Kumbia<\/li>\n<li>Burnett Highway &#8211; closed north of Nanango<\/li>\n<li>Brisbane Valley Highway &#8211; closed at Toogoolawah and Esk<\/li>\n<li>D&#8217;Aguilar Highway &#8211; closed at Kilcoy and Kingaroy (near Mitre 10); water also across road at Nanango<\/li>\n<li>Kingaroy-Cooyar Road &#8211; Oakey Creek bridge closed; large tree across road near Goodger<\/li>\n<li>Chinchilla-Wondai Road &#8211; Stuart River bridge closed, Boyne River bridge closed<\/li>\n<li>Cherbourg Road &#8211; closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Localised flooding has closed multiple back roads in the Booie, Byee, Coverty, Durong, Ellesmere, Goomeri, Kilkivan, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Murgon, Nanango, Redgate, Tansey, Wondai and Yarraman areas.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of reports of large washouts on roads in the Brigooda, Coolabunia and Kilkivan areas.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget flood waters can hide washouts. Again &#8230; if it&#8217;s flooded, FORGET IT!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Stuart River, Barambah Creek and Boyne River are all flooding.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:00pm, Gordonbrook Dam was 2.23m over the spillway; Boondooma Dam was 3.75m and Bjelke-Petersen Dam 1m<\/p>\n<p>At 2:30pm, water was 4.2m over the Silverleaf Weir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rainfall totals overnight:<\/strong> Dandabah (Bunya Mountains) 180mm, Murgon 300mm, Kingaroy 234mm, \u00a0Di Di Station (Proston) 400mm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Police have advised motorists to regularly monitor the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/131940.qld.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traffic and Travel information website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For real-time information updates check <strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.qldalert.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qldalert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.qldalert.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>We invite you to post your road closures and flood photos on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/southburnett.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPDATE January 29:<\/span> Download Council&#8217;s list of <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.southburnett.biz\/pdfs\/20130129roadclosures6.pdff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Burnett road closures<\/a>\u00a03:50pm (70kb PDF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/flood-relief-appeal-launched\/\">Flood Relief Appeal Launched<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/emergency-water-restrictions\/\">Emergency Water Restrictions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/disaster-relief-for-gympie-shire\/\">Disaster Relief For Gympie Shire<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/ergon-energy-update\/\">Ergon Energy Update<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/mp-praises-ses-and-council-team\/\">MP Praises SES and Council Team<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/disaster-committee-update\/\">Disaster Committee Update<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/chopper-called-in-for-evacuations\/\">Chopper Called In For Evacuations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/worst-ive-seen-says-former-mayor\/\">\u2018Worst I\u2019ve Seen\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/handy-flood-information-links\/\">Handy Flood Information Links<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/if-its-flooded-forget-it\/\">If It\u2019s Flooded, Forget It!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/what-to-do-in-case-of-a-flood-warning\/\">What To Do In Case Of A Flood Warning<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/gordonbrook-dam-emergency-plan-activated\/\">Gordonbrook Dam Emergency Plan Activated<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/ergon-crews-assessing-damage\/\">Ergon Crews Assessing Damage<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/ergon-urges-residents-to-stay-safe\/\">Ergon Urges Residents To Stay Safe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heavy rain overnight has led to most major roads in the South Burnett region being closed and towns isolated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":21510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[384,1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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