UPDATE: Normanby Bridge will not be closed to traffic for the three months it takes to rebuild the Normanby overpass, as originally reported, but it will be closed to traffic coming off or going on to Hughes Terrace. A brochure outlining the $2.9 million project and delivered to impacted residents states Bruce Highway traffic will travel around the work site via the on off ramps either side of the highway. Motorists wishing to travel from Hughes Terrace on to Gympie Brooloo Road and vice versa will need to take an alternate route either via Kidd Bridge and Power Road, or alternatively travelling south on the Bruce Highway and crossing Mary Valley Link Road.
“This new program will support jobs, construction businesses and economic growth across Wide Bay, and it will also improve road safety and bolster the resilience of our local road networks, improving access for freight, tourism and local road users,” Mr O’Brien said.
“We will work closely with the Noosa, Gympie, South Burnett and Cherbourg councils to ensure local projects get underway, supporting jobs and businesses, and helping people in Wide Bay get home sooner and safer.” Southside and the beginning of Eel Creek Road, a designated growth corridor but also an area teeming with bushland and wildlife.
The projects that will receive funding are: