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The State Government is seeking regional representatives to join a Bruce Highway advisory body, as billions of dollars are spent on the 1677km stretch of road.
Six positions are available at the Bruce Highway Trust Advisory Council for people who live anywhere along the highway north of Gympie and regularly use it, and are road safety or regional development experts.
The trust was promised in 2017 and met twice last year to help shape three five-year plans for the highway, and the State Government is now expanding it to incorporate more regional voices.
Bruce Highway Trust chairman Peter Garske said the group counselled the government on the efficiency, safety, and flood protection of the highway.
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REGIONAL voices will be heard in a group formed to future-proof the Bruce Highway.
The Daily Mercury did a series of stories on how the North, Central and Far North Queensland were not represented in a government group formed to future-proof the Bruce Highway.
At the time Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto described the lack of regional representation as “outrageous”.
In an announcement made in Rockhampton on Wednesday Assistant Minister for Regional Roads Bruce Saunders said the trust would be expanded to incorporate regional voices.
Nominations have opened as the Department of Transport and Main Roads searches for six regional representatives to join the Advisory Council, which is tasked with identifying the upgrades most important to Queenslanders and dividing a pool of more than $1 billion annually to projects along the stretch of road. Nominees must regularly use the highway or live along its corridor north of Gympie and have experience in road safety or reg