Cr Gavin Jones - Roads & Drainage Portfolio Report - 14 December 2016

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December Roadworks

We will continue with the following capital improvement roadworks:

The Kingaroy Barkers Creek/Clark Swendson Roads intersection upgrade project is back to having two way traffic management along Kingaroy Barkers Creek Road which allows us to open the Clark Swendson leg of the intersection. We will continue with widening works along the northern side of Kingaroy Barkers Creek Road.
The concrete base and aprons for the Alford Street culvert project (near Kingaroy Swimming Pool) have been recently poured and work will continue with laying the boxes, backfilling and pouring the wingwalls. This section of Alford Street will continue to be closed to traffic until we have reached a stage of practical completion.
The Kumbia Road seal widening project to the west of Stuart River Bridge should be fully sealed shortly.
Gravelling and sealing of the Blackbutt Crows Nest job will progressively proceed up from Haynes Kite Millar Road to past the Ogilvie Road intersection.

Planned Council roads maintenance works include:

Grading along Old Esk North, Oaky Creek and McCauley Weir Roads, South East Nanango
Shoulder maintenance along Peterson Drive, Coolabunia
Grading along Memerambi Barkers Creek and Carseldine Roads, Wattlecamp
Grading of Greystonlea and Ironpot Roads, Chahpingah
Grading Neale Road, Goodger and Flagstone Creek Road, Haly Creek
Grading Wheatlands Loop, Kerkow and Kinne Roads, Wheatlands
Grading Shellytop and Mclean Roads, Durong and T H Burns, Coverty and Glencoe Roads, Ballogie and Coverty areas

Bitumen reseals will continue in the Wattlecamp, Nanango and Kumbia areas.

Survey & Design

Survey and design for the following projects has either commenced or is in the process of being completed and on the program for construction:

Bunya Highway/ Taylors Rd intersection, Kingaroy – This project has commenced design and is an intersection upgrade with turn lanes from the highway into Taylors Rd.
D’Aguilar Highway/ Coolabunia Rd intersection, Coolabunia - This design has been finalised and forwarded to TMR for contract administration to commence works in the new year.
Blackbutt Town Hall Relocation – The location of the resited Blackbutt Town Hall has been surveyed and design commenced for the supporting infrastructure serving the new site.
Alford St Cycleway – The design has been designed and currently being reviewed for a cycleway that will extend between the Kingaroy Swimming Pool and First Avenue, and will incorporate the section over the culverts that are currently being constructed.
Ironpot Rd (Boughyard Ck) – This bridge site is currently being surveyed for design of replacing the timber bridge with large concrete box culverts.

Bridges

2016/17 Bridge Programme –Both Kings Bridge and Marshlands Bridge have sidetracks installed to manage through traffic. Kings Bridge has had both abutments and the headstock formed and poured, with rock gabions currently being installed and deck units are anticipated for landing later this week. Marshlands Bridge has completed installation of the pile caps and poured the abutments with the pier headstock to be poured this week. Local subcontractors that have been engaged for either site include O’Reilly Nunn Favier, South Burnett Security & Traffic, Hy-Tec Concrete, Kingaroy Tree Services, Blackbutt Sand & Gravel and Robert Zelinski Civil Construction.

Items of Interest

Memerambi Subdivision – Council’s contractor has finalised electrical works for this development and Ergon has accepted them on-maintenance. Ergon will commence their own works onsite this week with practical connection anticipated to be early in 2017.
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator – Council has processed 18 applications in the last month assisting the freight industry in delivering excess mass or dimensioned vehicles through the South Burnett.

Materials Laboratory

The Materials Laboratory officers are currently undertaking construction materials testing for the following private clients:

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