{"id":327716,"date":"2022-12-16T14:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T04:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=327716"},"modified":"2022-12-16T16:33:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T06:33:55","slug":"583680-grant-to-replace-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/12\/16\/583680-grant-to-replace-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"$583,680 Grant To Replace Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 16, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The old timber bridge on Home Creek Loop Road near Wilkesdale &#8211; which has been closed for safety reasons since 2019 &#8211; is to be replaced with a new concrete structure.<\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Regional Council has received $583,680 from the Federal Government&#8217;s Bridge Renewal Program to enable the project to go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>This funding will cover up to 80 per cent of the estimated cost of replacing the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Creek Loop Road bridge was permanently closed in 2019 after a Level 2 bridge inspection.<\/p>\n<p>This inspection found a number of structural defects that affected the bridge&#8217;s load-bearing capacity.<\/p>\n<p>A Council spokesperson said a design and construction tender would be released in the next few months to engage a contractor, with works expected to begin in late 2024 or 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/09\/29\/30000-funding-to-repair-bridge\/\">$30,000 Funding To Repair Bridge<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/05\/27\/council-seeks-90000-for-bridges\/\">Council Seeks $90,000 For Bridges<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old timber bridge on Home Creek Loop Road near Wilkesdale &#8211; which has been closed for safety reasons since 2019 &#8211; is to be replaced with a new concrete structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":173187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131,425,287],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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