{"id":344858,"date":"2024-03-04T13:19:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T03:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=344858"},"modified":"2024-03-04T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T03:20:46","slug":"more-delays-anger-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/03\/04\/more-delays-anger-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"More Delays Anger MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_152966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152966\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/deb-frecklington.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152966\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/deb-frecklington.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/deb-frecklington.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/deb-frecklington-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 4, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says further delays on the roadworks on the New England Highway between Cooyar and Coalbank are just not good enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs Frecklington said she had been receiving complaints from local residents who were extremely frustrated by the ongoing delays which have been occurring since the roadworks began in May 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been nearly three years since the roadworks on the New England Highway began and while the community have been very patient over this time, these further delays are just not acceptable,\u201d Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the beginning of the year the heavy machinery left the site and I have been advised by the Department of Transport and Main Roads that the works have been temporarily stopped and won\u2019t restart until March, depending on weather.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThat\u2019s a three month delay, which has left the unfinished section of the highway a narrow one-way stretch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocals and regular users of the New England Highway are quite frankly sick and tired of how long this is taking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just not good enough that the works have been suspended. The Minister for Main Roads just needs to prioritise regional roads and get this job finished.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says further delays on the roadworks on the New England Highway between Cooyar and Coalbank are just not good enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":152967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Delays Anger MP - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says further delays on the roadworks on the New England Highway between Cooyar and Coalbank are just not good enough.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/03\/04\/more-delays-anger-mp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Delays Anger MP - 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