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The trail of broken and damaged signs leads along Haly Street and up the Jarrah Street hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 15, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann has asked police “to throw the book” at drunken vandals who have been trashing Kingaroy street signs.<\/p>\n

During the latest rampage, signs were bent or ripped off, and poles pushed out of the ground, along Haly Street and up Jarrah Street.<\/p>\n

“It’s like Hansel and Gretel, you can see the way they went home,” Mayor Kratzmann said\u00a0today.<\/p>\n

“It’s vandalism at its worst.”<\/p>\n

When southburnett.com.au<\/strong> went out today to inspect the damage, it was obvious council workers had re-erected some pushed over poles and attempted to straighten some of the twisted ones. But many were just too badly damaged to be repaired.<\/p>\n

We also spotted \u00a0poles when there had once been road names displayed but the only thing left now was a broken bracket.<\/p>\n

As we were taking photographs, a passing car pulled up and the driver shared her disgust at the vandalism.<\/p>\n

Residents in the area have also suffered damage to their letterboxes and other property.<\/p>\n

Cr Kratzmann said the vandals were trashing their home town and costing the council a lot of money.<\/p>\n

“It costs between $300 and $400 to replace a sign,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The twisted signs are unsightly and are a bad look for our town.”<\/p>\n

He also pointed out that council workers have a lot more important things to focus on at present – such as fixing flood-damaged roads – and they shouldn’t have to spend time fixing damaged signs.<\/p>\n

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A second trail of destruction extends along Haly Street past Gooyong Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At the top of Jarrah Street … the Orana warning sign has been pushed out of the ground; a letterbox nearby also appears to have been vandalised; along the way other signs have been twisted\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Walkers can trace the vandals’ path home along Haly Street, damaging signs as they went<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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