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Cr Kathy Duff at a gravel section of the rail trail north of Murgon where a temporary detour has been in place for several months following heavy rain (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 24, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett mayor Brett Otto has welcomed news that Council will receive $631,141 for surface repairs to the South Burnett Rail Trail.<\/p>\n

The funding was reported by southburnett.com.au<\/strong> on November 17.<\/p>\n

It has been\u00a0approved under the Community and Recreational Assets Recovery and Resilience Program.<\/p>\n

The mayor said the grant would allow “numerous” surface repairs to be carried out, particularly where sections of bitumen have been stripped away.<\/p>\n

Gravel sections of the South Burnett section of the trail north of Murgon will also be repaired.<\/p>\n

“Whilst temporary repairs have been completed to allow usage of the rail trail, Council welcomes this funding,” Mayor Otto said.<\/p>\n

“It will allow for permanent repairs to reinstate the integrity of the surface, and provide a level of resilience to those sections which continue to be damaged by rain events.”<\/p>\n

Cr Kathy Duff said she was excited to receive this support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of work to do on the northern end in particular and I know that hundreds of users will be excited to have full use of the trail again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n