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FLASHBACK: road repairs at Hodges Dip Road … Road Levy funds will be used to carry out similar projects until Federal and State road grants are restored (Photo: Westec Civil)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 2, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council’s $200-per-property Road Levy will stay in place for another year.<\/p>\n

Mayor Wayne Kratzmann told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> today the Road Levy will continue for the 2014-15 Budget, even though he knew it was unpopular.<\/p>\n

He said the need to maintain the region’s 6000km road network meant it could not be removed until the State and Federal Governments restored the $1.4 million of road funding they’d taken from the Council in 2012.<\/p>\n

“It’s this simple: we can’t maintain our road network without proper funding,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But until the government fund our roads properly, we don’t have any other choice.”<\/p>\n

The Mayor said ratepayers could replace him and all the other Councillors with a new team at the next election in 2016 if they wanted to, but he was certain anyone who took over would come to the same conclusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The numbers have to balance. Councils are obliged by law to balance their books – and the only two other ways to do it are to close down services like libraries, swimming pools, halls and all the other things that affect our quality of life; or leave our roads in bad shape.<\/p>\n

“Those are the choices we’re faced with.”<\/p>\n

The Mayor said one of the problems that had emerged since the introduction of the Road Levy last July was that many residents expected their roads would be maintained quickly.<\/p>\n

But with only three road maintenance crews to cover the Shire, this hadn’t been possible.<\/p>\n

Some residents had to wait many months to have their roads attended to; others are still waiting for Council road maintenance crews.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had to tackle the roads with the highest traffic volumes and the worst problems first, and now we’re working our way down the scale,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But we’ve learned a lot from doing this, and after our Budget planning is out of the way we’ll be looking at a new way to tackle road maintenance work in future.”<\/p>\n

The Mayor said one idea on the table was to classify roads into priority types.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavily trafficked arterial roads would be top priority; feeder roads a secondary priority; and minor roads would be a lower priority.<\/p>\n

“When I lived in Kingaroy I used to travel over 13 different roads to get to my office,” the Mayor said.<\/p>\n

“I started off on a small suburban street and moved along roads that got larger and busier the closer I got to my office in Glendon Street.<\/p>\n

“I think most people are like that.<\/p>\n

“And if you have to drive over a small section close to home that’s not in top shape but find that most of the other roads on your trip are a lot better, that’s tolerable. It’s not ideal, but it’s tolerable until a maintenance crew shows up.<\/p>\n

“So that’s one idea we’ll be looking at.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The South Burnett Regional Council’s $200-per-property Road Levy will stay in place for another year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"\nRoad Levy Here For Another Year - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\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\/2014\/04\/02\/road-levy-here-for-another-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Road Levy Here For Another Year - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The South Burnett Regional Council's $200-per-property Road Levy will stay in place for another year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/04\/02\/road-levy-here-for-another-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-02T10:49:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-04T04:09:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130729westec2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dafyd Martindale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dafyd Martindale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/04\/02\/road-levy-here-for-another-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/04\/02\/road-levy-here-for-another-year\/\",\"name\":\"Road Levy Here For Another Year - 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