Overview
Summary
More than $7 million will be spent fixing dozens of unsealed roads across the shire which were damaged in the December 2023 flooding event.
Douglas Shire split the work into two contracts, awarding MC Group the contract for all roads South of Daintree River, and Gulf Civil Pty Ltd given the contract for the repair of unsealed roads between Daintree River and Cape Tribulation.
The work is being funded jointly by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA). The specific program is the Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets which provides for assets to be restored to their condition prior to the natural disaster.
The projects vary in complexity. There are some unsealed roads where significant sections have been damaged, whereas with other roads there may be only small area to be repaired.
Cost of Project
The contract awarded to the MC Group was for $2,950,619. This will be claimed back from Queensland Reconstruction Authority as the repairs are funded under the Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets Program.
Roads to Be Repaired
The road repairs under this contract refer only to the road surface. The landslips to be repaired will be completed under a separate contract.
Bamboo
- Bamboo Creek Road
- Elizabeth Close
- Tononi Road
Craiglie
- Andreassen Rd
Bonnie Doon
- McCracken Road
- Santarossa Road
- Tolentini Road
Cassowary
- Rasmussen Road
- Wilkinson Road
Finlayvale
- Finlayvale Road
- Santacatterina Road
Killaloe
- Colenso Road
- Francis Road
- McClelland Road
- Ocean View Road
Lower Daintree
- Martinelli Road
- McDowall Lane
- Prins Road
Miallo
- Daddona Road
- Davemark Road
- Kylies Road
- Loppers Road
- Miallo Bamboo Creek Rd
- Mijo Road
- O’Donoghue Road
- Pelizzari Road
- Poletti Road
- Ravina Road
- Rutherford Road
- Schilds Road
- Sciacca Road
- Scomazzon Road
- Somerset Drive
- Syndicate Road
Mowbray
- Connolly Road
Newell Beach
- Bells Road
Shannonvale
- Chooks Ridge Road
Stewart Creek Valley
- Beatrice Road – road repairs completed
- Crystal Brook Road – road repairs completed
- Douglas Creek Road
- Stewart Creek Road – road repairs completed
Upper Daintree
- Upper Daintree Road
Whyanbeel
- Assman Road
- Davidson Road
- High Falls Road
- Kahana Road
- Kingfisher Road
- Old Forestry Road
- Whyanbeel Road
Wonga Beach
- Norris Road
Enquiries
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