{"id":297986,"date":"2021-04-27T14:28:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T04:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=297986"},"modified":"2021-04-27T17:55:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T07:55:27","slug":"highway-upgrade-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/04\/27\/highway-upgrade-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway Upgrade Planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_297995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297995\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-297995\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yarraman-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-297995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The D&#8217;Aguilar Highway is known as Toomey Street as it passes through Yarraman &#8230; planned upgrades could narrow the width of the pavement\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 27, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A planned upgrade to Toomey Street in Yarraman could mean the loss of between three and five car parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The project, by the Department of Transport and Main Roads, aims to improve safety by reducing the speed of vehicles travelling through town.<\/p>\n<p>It includes installing concrete kerb extensions, new line marking and road signs.<\/p>\n<p>The width of the road will also be reduced in a bid to make it safer for both pedestrians and motorists.<\/p>\n<p>DTMR plans to consult with local businesses and the community before work begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A planned upgrade to Toomey Street in Yarraman could mean the loss of between three and five car parking spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":297995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[176],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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