Roads Project Updates

Slashing

• July — Beatrice, Carrington, Evelyn, Herberton, Maalan, Mungalli, Peeramon, Ravenshoe, Upper Barron, Walkamin and Wongabel.

Boom Slashing

• July — Barrine, Butchers Creek, Glen Allyn, Jaggan, Lake Eacham, Tarzali and Topaz.

• July —  Cashmere-Kirrama, Coolgarra, Kairi, Mount Garnet, Silver Valley and Tolga.

• July — Innot Hot Springs, Mount Garnet and Ravenshoe.

Sections of roads across the region will be resealed to improve skid resistance and waterproofing, and to extend the life of the underlying road surface.

Gravel roads across the region will be resheeted.

$549,300 capital works program

Work includes profiling, primer seal and asphalt. The program was completed in June.

• Churchill Street, Malanda
• 50m Lake Barrine Access Road, Lake Barrine
• 61m Hogan Hosie Road, Tarzali
• 90m Cook Road, Upper Barron
• 55m (over two sections) Ascham Street, Ravenshoe
• 900m Lakes Drive, Lake Eacham

Work includes drainage, profiling, subgrade treatment, base gravel, bitumen seal, road furniture and line marking. The proposed roads are:

• three sections of Wongabel Road, Wongabel — commence in 2024–25.
• a 360m section of Channel Road, Walkamin — commenced in early March but progress has been hampered by poor weather.

Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements are for the restoration and betterment of roads damaged in the monsoon and flooding between 20 December 2022 and 30 April 2023. Restoration work includes gravel resheeting, heavy formation grading, medium formation grading, patch repairs and pothole repairs.

• Tender T-TRC2024-05 for the South 1 section of work was awarded to Cheshire Contractors Pty Ltd for $5,552,931.91 including GST. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was delegated the authority to vary betterment works once approved by the Queensland Restauration Authority and if deemed to be value for money, into this contract.
• Tender T-TRC2024-04 for the South 2 of work was awarded to Watto’s Earthmoving and Machinery Hire Pty Ltd for $3,247,784.17 including GST. The CEO was delegated the authority to vary betterment works once approved by the Queensland Restauration Authority and if deemed to be value for money, into this contract.
• Tender T-TRC2024-06 for the East and West sections of work was awarded to Watto’s Earthmoving & Machinery Hire Pty Ltd for $1,162,535.99 including GST. The CEO was delegated the authority to vary betterment works once approved by the Queensland Restauration Authority and if deemed to be value for money, into this contract.

Work will commence in July and expected to take around six months to complete.

The work in our region includes:

Assistance provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements are for the restoration and betterment of roads damaged in the monsoon and flooding between 20 December 2022 and 30 April 2023. The betterment work includes rock protection, concrete toe walls, concrete causeways, gravel resheeting and new signs for various gully crossings on:

• Cashmere Kirrama Road, Kirrama
• Coolgarra Road, Mount Garnet
• Coolgarra Road, Silver Valley
• Grant Street, Herberton
• Mount Misery Road, Silver Valley
• Silver Valley Road, Silver Valley.

Assistance provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

The final TRC section of Ootann Road will be sealed (approximately 4km).

Tender T-TRC2023-21 for the widening and sealing of Ootann Road was awarded to Gunther Civil Pty Ltd for $3,130,581.36 including GST.

Proudly funded by the Australian Government, Queensland Government and Tablelands Regional Council.

$520,000 capital works project over two years

The southern approach to the bridge will be widened or realigned. Design and scoping in 2023–24 and construction in 2024–25.

About 4km of Cashmere-Kirrama Road will be resheeted.

Tender T-TRC2024-08 for the gravel upgrade of Cashmere Kirrama Road was awarded to Tablelands Civil Constructions Pty Ltd for $659,178.58 including GST, subject to negotiations. A further $563,141 will be allocated in the 2024–25 capital budget to complete the project.