Big two weeks on the cards for Council construction crews

A big two weeks ahead for our road construction and maintenance crews with four large construction projects on the go and 32 roads up for some maintenance.

Construction projects:

• Investigator Avenue Upgrade (Nautilus Drive – Queen Elizabeth Drive): The works includes widening of existing road formation with granular pavement and bitumen seal, kerb and channel, driveway reconstruction, concrete footpath, verge profiling, stormwater pits, pipes and subsoil drainage, extension of existing stormwater culverts, street light installation, turfing and tree planting.

• Cooloola Revitalisation Project. Phase 1: Pathway Tin Can Bay to Cooloola Cove: The works involve the removal of existing sections of the AC pathway and construction of new 2.7m wide concrete pathway on Tin Can Bay Road and Bayside Road. The works also include construction of 1.5m wide concrete pathway on Tin Can Bay Road Service Road.

• Cooloola Revitalisation Project. Phase 2: Tin Can Bay Foreshore Pathway: The works involve replacing the existing narrow 1.2m wide sections of pathway along the Tin Can Bay Foreshore with 3.0m wide pathway. Construction of works is currently in the vicinity of Wes Mitchell Park replacing approximately 90m.

• Neerdie Road Widening: The works involve widening of a section of the existing road to a two lane standard. The first phase is the extension of the stormwater pipes to the new road widths.

Road maintenance activity:

• Rainbow Beach Road, Rainbow Beach - Asphalt repairs • Bruce Highway, Chatsworth - Asphalt repairs • Jensen Road, Lower Wonga -Maintenance grading • Percival Road, Bells Bridge - Maintenance grading • Greenhalgh Road, Bells Bridge - Maintenance grading • Purcell Road, Bells Bridge - Maintenance grading • Curra Estate Road, Curra - Maintenance grading • Kewins Road, Glastonbury - Maintenance grading • Fleming Road, Two Mile - Maintenance grading • Lagoon Pocket Road, Lagoon Pocket - Maintenance grading • Butler Road, Lagoon Pocket - Maintenance grading • Calico Creek Road, Calico Creek - Maintenance grading and shoulder grading • Maudsley Road, Boonara - Shoulder grading • Smith Road, Mooloo - Gravel re-sheet • North Deep Creek, North Deep Creek - Gravel re-sheet • Investigator Ave, Cooloola Cove - Stormwater repairs • Elizabeth Street, Gympie - Stormwater repairs • Thomas Road, Curra - Stormwater repairs • Cliff Jones Road, Curra - Reseal prep – high shoulders • Wittenberg Road, Tansey - Reseal prep – high shoulders • Tegan Road, Curra - Reseal prep - high shoulders • Dan Meurant Drive, Curra - Shoulder repairs • Beryl Crescent, Curra - Shoulder repairs • Heritage Lane, Southside - Shoulder and drainage repairs • Ramsey Park, Southside - Drainage repairs • Golden Hind Ave, Cooloola Cove - Kerb and channel and Stormwater repairs • Larapinta Court, Rainbow Beach - Kerb and channel repairs • Wide Bay Highway - Various culvert repairs • Kilkivan Tansey Road - Various culvert repairs • Bauple Woolooga Road - Various culvert repairs • Blackgate Road, Amamoor - Line marking • Kandanga Amamoor Road, Amamoor - Line marking