Upgrades to Warrego Highway vital to cope with number of trucks on the road, Queensland Government says
July 23, 2010
Upgrades to the Warrego Highway are vital to cope with a rise in the number of trucks on the road, the Queensland Government says.
Work is currently underway on upgrades to the federally-funded Warrego Highway, and Acting Main Roads Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says the works will benefit the trucking industry.
“There’s a lot more heavy traffic on the roads, particularly on the Warrego Highway. It’s a federally-funded highway and a vital road link, right in the heart of the Surat Basin,” Hinchliffe says.
“Our road crews are hard at work upgrading a vital stretch of the highway between Roma and Mitchell, to make it safer and more secure for those big semi trailers.”
Work is also underway on a $4.6 million investment to widen and seal sections of the Roma-Taroom Road north east of Roma as part of an overall $30 million investment in the road.
The Carnarvon Highway from Injune to Rolleston will also be upgraded to seal and widen a section between the south west and the Central Highlands region.
The upgrade coincides with a $1.8 million spend on the Mitchell Highway on the Queensland and NSW border to align the road and widen it to eight metres.