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Calls for urgent action to address road safety issues in the Mirani electorate have been put on the waiting list amid “competing statewide priorities” and a “high demand for road upgrades”.
Mirani MP Stephen Andrew threw his support behind two petitions submitted to Queensland Parliament – one calling for upgrade works on Anzac Avenue in Marian and another urging a new passing lane for the Benson and Hay Point Road T-intersection.
Both petitions received more than 400 signatures between them.
“This section of road (Anzac Avenue) serves as a designated over-dimension route servicing the Bowen Basin as well as local sugar, timber and tourism businesses,” one of the petitions stated.
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Brisbane and parts of Queensland s southeast has copped a drenching, with powerful floodwaters flipping cars caught in the chaos.
There are warnings more severe weather could be on the way as skies are not expected to clear until the weekend.
Parts of the Sunshine Coast were hit with flash flooding and some areas recording over 60 millimetres of rain in under an hour.
Storms have lashed Brisbane causing flooding in some parts of the city.(Nine)
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts more showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow for the Greater Brisbane area, with wet weather likely persisting until the weekend.