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Subscriber only Fearful parents at Cooran have developed an ad hoc roster system to ensure their children can safely cross the main road after reports of a surge in Kin Kin quarry truck traffic. Save Noosa Hinterland committee member Naomi Slater said parents had been taking turns supervising crossings from the school to the skatepark across the road. The mother-of-two children, aged 11 and 9, said the B Doubles last week started rolling through town where school kids often ride, scooter or walk. The children aren t used to that kind of traffic coming through a quiet rural town, she said.
We need your help more than ever as there are too many close calls. Please help us before there is a death. The Save Noosa Hinterland lobby group vice-president has sent Mr Bailey a photograph of a truck in the middle of the local range road with wheels either side of the middle white line. Some the damage being inflicted on the Kin Kin quarry haul roads. The quarry truck can t fit on the road, forcing them to go in the middle of the road on a blind bend - a disaster waiting to happen, Ms Poteri said. She said despite repeated requests of the Transport and Main Roads Department, residents were yet to be told how much had been spent on the haulage route by the state since Cordwells began operating.
SNH vice-president Deidre Marczynski said the mental health effects of these trucks on residents and local businesses was just heartbreaking . Save Noosa Hinterland reckons there are serious cracks appearing in their roads which are designed to take a pounding from quarry trucks. This surface joins a local bridge. She said this latest action was all about people power looking to prevail. We re dealing with this daily onslaught of trucks on our hinterland roads, Ms Marczynski said. This year it s just ramped up to a ridiculous level and the roads are not fit for purpose. The community cannot handle any more of this, it s just relentless, she said.
SNH vice-president Deidre Marczynski said the mental health effects of these trucks on residents and local businesses was just heartbreaking . Save Noosa Hinterland reckons there are serious cracks appearing in their roads which are designed to take a pounding from quarry trucks. This surface joins a local bridge. She said this latest action was all about people power looking to prevail. We re dealing with this daily onslaught of trucks on our hinterland roads, Ms Marczynski said. This year it s just ramped up to a ridiculous level and the roads are not fit for purpose. The community cannot handle any more of this, it s just relentless, she said.
Councillors at their ordinary meeting later today will vote on advice from a Brisbane barrister to challenge the quarry operations in the Planning and Environment Court. There are signs of hope, Ms Poteri said after a packed community meeting held yesterday at The Majestic Theatre in Pomona was briefed by council CEO Brett de Chastel. Also present were Pomona Police, Mayor Clare Stewart and the Member for Noosa Sandy Bolton to address the locals. It seems like we re all working together, Ms Poteri said. We feel this is the best outcome we ve ever had in the 10 years. I had a very good night s sleep last night, she said.