Paper Petition

The petition of residents of the State of Queensland draws to the attention of the House that local population growth and increasing tourism demands have increased demands on the old road infrastructure. At the same time there has been minimal road maintenance in the area. Heavy vehicle numbers (e.g. Pacific Sands truck and dog combinations, council trucks, garbage trucks, semi-trailers, concrete trucks) have increased due to population increases and related building activity. This has advanced the deterioration of the road structure.

The road surface is narrow with blind spots and sight line obstructions on corners, aggravated by the lack of frequent roadside vegetation management especially in the spring and summer growing season. In places (e.g. Fleiter Hill) the narrow road has very deep, steep and dangerous drains adjacent to the seal, with barely enough width for large trucks passing in the opposite direction. Some intersections (e.g. Maleny-Kenilworth Road I Witta Rd, Maleny-Kenilworth Rd / Curramore Rd) have insufficient sight distances to be able to exit safely.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to provide for the planning and delivery of a program of road widening and sight line improvements, as well as significantly increased vegetation management.