Works

• Construction and Maintenance Works Programme 2011/2012

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Scheduled Events - Temporary Road Closure Information

Jul - Dec 2011

April 2012

Works in Progress

Capital Works

• Jack Street, Atherton – drainage improvements to Prior Creek
• Mapee Road, Tolga –widening
• Seary Road Mareeba – extension of Seary Road to Kennedy Highway
• Mary Street, and Churchill Avenue Malanda – road widening
• Pickford Road and Bower Road– causeway upgrade
• Moffat Street & Carrick Street, Ravenshoe – drainage works

Maintenance

• Bitumen patching on Council roads
• Slashing of Council Road Verges
• Herbicide spraying and vegetation management
• Patching and edge repair programme on various streets and roads
• Timber bridge maintenance
• Park vegetation clean up
• Pothole patching and edge repairs
• Sign repairs/replacement various Council streets
• Grading of Council roads 

Natural Disaster Relief and Recover Arrangements Restoration Works

• TRC 2010 Flood Restoration – Gravel resheeting - various Council roads
   

Roads Maintenance Performance Contract

• Pothole patching
• Bitumen patching Malanda-Millaa Millaa Road
• Repair, replace and clean REGP Gillies Highway
• Resheet selected locations Quakers Flat-Fortunata Creek section
• Vegetation clearing from drains Mt Lewis to Richards Road, Julatten on both sides and opposite McDougall Road
• Rest Area Servicing
• Boom slashing cuts and fills hand clearing traffic islands kerbs etc
   

Contracted Works

• Pearson's Gully - Widen existing culvert
• Kennedy Highway – Truck stops –restoration

Works Planned

Capital Works

• Curtain Fig Tree Road - Replace Bridge Abutments
• Almaden-Gingerella Road - Floodway
• Tully Falls Road - Bridge Repairs
• Malanda High School – Carpark and footpath upgrade
• Aerodrome Road Atherton – Seal access road and taxiways
• Ootann Road – Construction of overtaking lane (Gingerella area)
• Morris Road – Construction and seal
• Drainage – Millstream Estate
• Alpha Street, Perrot Street and Kerr Street – kerbing and channel works
   

Maintenance

• Bitumen patching on Council roads
• Slashing along Council Roads
• Herbicide spraying and vegetation management
• Patching and edge repair programme on various streets and roads
• Timber bridge maintenance
• Park vegetation clean up
  
  

Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements Restoration Works

• TRC 2009 Flood Restoration – Burke Developmental Road
• Gravel resheet – various Council Roads
   

Roads Maintenance Performance Contract

• Pothole patching
• Herbicide spraying around guide posts, signs and inlets and outlets of pipes - Ravenshoe
• Clearing and install new guide markers Kennedy Highway (Mareeba-Ravenshoe)
• Tractor slashing Kennedy Highway to The Lynd
• Road furniture maintenance – Southern district
• Boom slashing banks Granite & Gorge Creek
• Rural slashing - Mareeba-Dimbulah
• Pipe inspections and roadside litter collection – Mulligan Hway – Mt Molloy-Lakeland

Water, Waste and Wastewater

Current Projects:

• Control System Upgrades at Mareeba WTP
• Kuranda STP Upgrade
• Chemical Optimisation - Mareeba WTP, Dimbulah WTP & Atherton STP
• Fluoride implementation - Kuranda and Malanda