{"id":35903,"date":"2013-06-12T11:54:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T01:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=35903"},"modified":"2020-12-18T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T01:37:43","slug":"181926-to-fix-mondure-wheatlands-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/06\/12\/181926-to-fix-mondure-wheatlands-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"$181,926 To Fix Mondure-Wheatlands Rd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Community Recovery and Resilience Minister\u00a0David Crisafulli and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington in Kingaroy last night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 12, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mondure-Wheatlands Road – a\u00a0key school bus route and access road for rural producers – will be upgraded as part of the State Government\u2019s push to make flood-ravaged communities more resilient.<\/p>\n

Community Recovery and Resilience Minister David Crisafulli announced in Kingaroy today that the road, damaged twice in two years by floods, would be the first of several “betterment” projects for the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, the guidelines for replacing infrastructure have been so rigid and bureaucratic that councils were only allowed to rebuild structures to the same standard in the same location,\u201d Mr Crisafulli said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the betterment project does is enable local communities to put forward a solution that might cost a little more up front but will save us all paying for damage over and over again.<\/p>\n

\u201cCountry roads are the lifeblood of rural communities and it\u2019s vital we do everything we can to keep these access roads open during natural disasters.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only will this save parents from taking a 10km detour just to get their kids to the bus stop, it will keep the freight route open so farmers on about 40 properties can get their livestock and produce to market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will ease the financial hardship on farms in the Mondure district that are feeling the strain from repeatedly being cut off.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council will receive $181,926 in “betterment” funding to build reinforced concrete pavements and protective concrete aprons at two locations along Mondure-Wheatlands Road.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The $80 million \u2018]”betterment” program, a joint State\/Federal Government initiative to give councils the chance to rebuild less damage-prone public infrastructure.<\/p>\n