Trial tests innovative repair work on busy regional highway
Innovating engineering techniques from the Department of Transport and Main Roads will aim to work out how a busy regional highway can best be repaired. Here’s how it will work.
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A trial is under way using innovative engineering techniques to determine the best way to repair the Gore Highway between Pittsworth and Millmerran.
Regional director (South Queensland) Kym Murphy said the works would add value to how roads on flood-prone, highly reactive soils were repaired into the future.
“The first stage of this $17 million project will involve a trial of sustainable road systems and products to determine the optimum treatment in this environment,” Ms Murphy said.
Ms Murphy said the project would repair sections of the highway between Pittsworth and Millmerran.
“The stage one trials will be done on a 1.5km section of the Gore Highway between Brookstead and Pampas,” she said.
“We will look closely at the trial results to see what we can apply to subsequent works being undertaken between Pittsworth and Millmerran by mid-2023. We are optimistic the trial results will lead to a more robust road over time.”
Regional Director (South Queensland) Kym Murphy said the works would add value to how roads on flood-prone, highly reactive soils were repaired into the future.
“The first stage of this $17 million project will involve a trial of sustainable road systems and products to determine the optimum treatment in thisenvironment,” Ms Murphy said.
Ms Murphy said the project would repair sections of the highway between Pittsworth and Millmerran.
“The stage one trials will be done on a 1.5km section of the Gore Highway between Brookstead and Pampas.
“We will look closely at the trial results to see what we can apply to subsequent works being undertaken between Pittsworth and Millmerran by mid-2023.
“We are optimistic the trial results will lead to a more robust road over time.”
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