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Kingaroy’s River Road roundabout as it might look facing south (top) or north (bottom) if DTMR approves the South Burnett Regional Council’s plans to upgrade a 2km section of Youngman Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 7, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

A plan to upgrade a 2km section of Kingaroy’s Youngman Street was approved at the South Burnett Regional Council’s Infrastructure standing committee meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Council officers said the aim of the $800,000 project was to provide an entry to Kingaroy that reflected the town’s character, reduced future maintenance costs and blended with the nearby Kingaroy Transformation Project (KPT).<\/p>\n

The upgrade will cover a section of the Bunya Highway stretching from the River Road roundabout to the town’s northern entrance near the Kingaroy Hotel-Motel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The roundabout will house a garden which will be fenced from the highway with stone walls that match existing stone walls on the Rogers Drive roundabout.<\/p>\n

It will also be surrounded with a low profile, dark coloured concrete area that will disguise tyre scuff marks if turning trucks overshoot the road while passing through.<\/p>\n

Further north, existing median strips will be resurfaced with concrete and painted in either a single colour or two colours, depending on their width, to match colours that will be used in the KPT project.<\/p>\n

Narrow median strips – usually those with turning lanes, or those surrounding busy intersections – will remain bare, while wider strips such as those that pass the Kingaroy Showgrounds will be planted with trees.<\/p>\n

In response to questions, councillors were told the northern section could be extended in future when Council builds a proposed car park in King Street, a highway crossing for the South Burnett Rail Trail, and work on the new Kingaroy Hospital is complete.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At present, however, officers said there were “too many unknowns” to plan for these things.<\/p>\n

Councillors were also told that because the area of work is a State-controlled road, work cannot start until approval has been obtained from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR).<\/p>\n

But if DTMR consents to the project, work could start later this year.<\/p>\n

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Wider median strips would be planted with small trees to “cool the street” and soften the view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Narrower median strips would be bare, coloured concrete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A view of how the northern approach to Kingaroy near the Kingaroy Hotel-Motel would look if the upgrade proceeds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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