General News
14 September, 2024
Culverts to be replaced
MORE than $2 million has been approved for works to repair Emerald End Road and Carmen Road following major damage after the Cyclone Jasper flooding in December last year.
Mareeba Shire Council approved a $1.413 million tender by Terranovus Civil for the Emerald End Road culvert and $725,251 for the Carmen Road culvert construction.
Both projects were identified for Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements flowing the floods, and now await Queensland Reconstruction Authority final approval.
At the time of the floods, steel culverts on sections of both roads suffered catastrophic failure, cutting off access community access and requiring council to establish an emergency bypass track.
The approved works will involve installing new culvert structures for both roads, reinstating the Emerald End Road crossing of Cobra Creek with a two-lane bitumen road pavement, and removing the temporary bypass.
