Safety, environment prioritised in Amamoor construction project

Gympie Regional Council construction crews are busy working on making parts of Amamoor Creek Road safer.  

The team are removing the existing floodway and culvert before building a new reinforced, concrete floodway. 

This work is located about 4.5 kilometres from Amamoor township and budgeted at $248,000 thanks to the Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme (TIDS).  

Gympie Regional Council’s Construction Branch Manager, Darren Cunningham, said this work will benefit Amamoor residents, Mary Valley locals and visitors to region.   

“It’s no secret that parts of our region are extremely prone to flooding,” Mr Cunningham said.  

“Work where we can reduce the damage to our infrastructure and increase the safety of the road for our residents and visitors. is obviously beneficial. 

“While we are improving the resilience of this section of road we are also putting in place sediment control and erosion protection for additional safety and environmental protection,” he said.  

Traffic control is in place for this work and Council is urging motorists to drive to the conditions. 

Council is aiming to have this project complete by 30 June 2020.