Darling Downs roads Darling Downs road network reconstruction Flood-damaged roads L e ic New England Highway (Yarraman to Toowoomba) h h a r The Queensland and Australian Governments are spending more than d t H i $400 million to reconstruct flood-damaged roads on the d g oa h R w n a Darling Downs. a y o d d a n a o W R - n r More than 200 km of road reconstruction will be undertaken, n u o b s u k sustaining more than 1100 jobs in the region as part of Operation c A ROMA a Warr J Queenslander, the largest reconstruction effort in Queensland’s ! ego Highway MILES ! d Highway history. Busy routes such as the Warrego Highway, where Warrego Highway (Dalby to Miles) a a o ny CHINCHILLA R u k y - Jando B ro wa ! e inga eR $27.4 million is being spent to widen the highway between Macalister eK oa r d ! C D a a and Warra, will be reconstructed to improve flood immunity and safety. JANDOWAg E lb Co a ! Rom gan- nda y D'Aguila a- Co Ko m n r H ndam in - igh ineR e a YARRAMAN ! w oad d R J a a d C a o o - y a n R a a r BLACKBUTT d r d ra o r a o N Traffic volumes on the Warrego Highway have increased by an average a R Esk – Hampton Road w d W e a n a w a r e yar R of six per cent each year between 2006 and 2010 – more than double e a Coo oad E T M Dal R - d n - by y g - oad - Kog o lb a l a R a a a o a n e l n R d D R n the statewide average. Similar growth is also being experienced on l a o n i a d i og d r h a H m K c y i - d a g n o a a ! h other major routes, spurred on by energy sector development in the i d r DALBY o w o n h a T C a R y Road o C Wa - PECHEY on C r t s r e y ! p Surat Basin. go m n e a d i H Pech H a i k ey - Maclagan - Ro a g Road v h a k t De l w Es ra P a O Su l y i Under Operation Queenslander, roadworks are jointly funded by the c e C - OAKEY ! KINGSTHORPE federal and state governments through the Natural Disaster Relief y ! Leichhardt Highway (Miles to Goondiwindi) b ! HIGHFIELDS l BRISBANE ! a M Toowoomba- Cec D P il PlainsRoad and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). Under NDRRA, the federal i a l l m m p ! e a TOOWOOMBA government provides 75% of the funding, with 25% from the state r s r ! a IPSWICH n - PITTSWORTH - o CAMBOOYA government. y r C r ! ! a H a e n w c e i h F l elt g d o P way i a n h l R o - g H a Other key roads earmarked for reconstruction works in the Darling Hi o d R Cl Oakey – Pittsworth Road i i e t d a i a f n n r t a o d o MILLMERRAN s a o r ! r n o M a R a Downs region include: d K R R h a o - ! o d h o a a a CLIFTON o c R d d i b o d • Cunningham Highway (Warwick – Goondiwindi) e m ST GEORGE w L o o o o ! l w ! a w T e o l • Gore Highway (Millmerran – Goondiwindi) - o ALLORA T a g r n r I ghamHigh a w - nin ay Warw un ick d y C • Leichhardt Highway (Taroom – Goondiwindi) a n n w a a r - h r W e g ! ar i e WARWICK ! wic • New England Highway (Toowoomba – Yarraman) M H k- m Yan K l ganill e l a d i r r n o a ey M R G o Road oa • Esk – Hampton Road. R d a wonHigh Bar way g ! Sta a nth y o During reconstruction there will be roadworks and changed traffic INGLEWOOD rpe W - Ing nsRoad GOONDIWINDI In le mie conditions across the Darling Downs region. We ask motorists to g w A y ! l o a e od w w h o R be patient while these important repairs take place and to check T o ig Millmerran – Inglewood Road ex o a as d H STANTHORPE - d ad Ye o d ! l - R a n www.131940.qld.gov.au before travelling. rb T as a o e ex l GLEN APLIN n x T g R a - ! n e Moonie Highway o s a rp E d R ho oad o nt w sR e a ta id TEXAS ! d S N am yr P WALLANGARRA For further information ! Phone: 1800 063 397* Email: [email protected] Website: www.tmr.qld.gov.au and www.131940.qld.gov.au Post: PO Box 645, Toowoomba Qld 4350 Cunningham Highway (Warwick to Inglewood) * Free call from anywhere in Australia, call charges apply for calls from mobile Gore Highway (Goondiwindi to Millmerran) phones and payphones. Barwon Highway (Goondiwindi to Talwood).