ROADWORKS are underway throughout the region after a substantial amount of damage occurred during the recent floods.
Member for Ipswich West, Jim Madden said there are two types of roads – State controlled roads which are maintained by the State Government, and Council controlled roads, which are maintained by local councils.
“Within the western townships of Ipswich, the principal State controlled roads are the Warrego Highway, Cunningham Highway, Rosewood Laidley Road, Rosewood Marburg Road, Karrabin Rosewood Road, Ipswich Rosewood Road and John Street in Rosewood,” he said.
“These are all major arterial roads, so it is important that they are properly maintained to ensure people can get to work, children can get to school and commerce can continue uninterrupted.
“The Department of Transport and Main Roads is working constantly to maintain this road network and an example of this, are the roadworks that began in May, on pavement rehabilitation and resurfacing works on Rosewood Marburg Road and Walloon Road.
“Roadworks involve pavement rehabilitation and they also include safety improvements and resilience improvements.
“To improve safety, we have seen safety improvements with the installation of town entry treatments to all of the towns in the western townships from Grandchester to Karrabin.
“This involves large signs at the approaches to these townships and large areas of the road painted red to remind drivers of the reduced speed limit throughout these townships.
“As well, TMR are constantly reviewing speed limits on State controlled roads to ensure they are appropriate for the road.
“To improve resilience, we have seen construction of two large retaining walls on Rosewood Marburg Road at Tallegalla to stabilise movement of the road.
“TMR also recently undertook community consultation at Walloon for the proposed Interchange at the Haigslea Amberley Road Warrego Highway intersection.”
TMR can also improve safety on Council controlled roads in a variety of ways that includes installation of school zone signs. This recently took place at Ashwell and Haigslea State Schools.
“The State Government works closely with both the Ipswich City Council and the Queensland Police Service to improve safety on roads in Ipswich,” Mr Madden said.
“State government funding for roadworks from the state government is also available to the Ipswich City Council with the Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme for roadworks on council controlled roads, on application by council.”
