Flood damaged roads assessed

GLADSTONE Region Councillors met with Australian Government Reconstruction Inspectorate officials to discuss progress of roadwork reconstruction within the region.

Inspectorate Chair and former New South Wales Premier John Fahey, and fellow Inspectorate members Martin Allbrecht and Matt Sheerin met with Councillors before joining them and Council Infrastructure staff to visit four road sites damaged during last year's floods.

The Inspectorate delegation, which also included Chair of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Major General Richard Wilson, visited two sites on Calliope's Tableland Road, Marsh Road at Wooderson and Schilling Lane at River Ranch.

Gladstone Regional Council has received almost $18.3 million in advance Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRAA) funding to allow repair work to start.