Bridge open­ing pro­vides a cru­cial link between city suburbs

Article from Gladstone Regional Council

The offi­cial open­ing of the bridge on Dixon Drive, Telina, early today (April 18) has been wel­comed as a sig­nif­i­cant link in Gladstone’s future road network.

The $6 mil­lion project, con­nect­ing Dixon Drive to Kirk­wood Road, is a cru­cial infra­struc­ture com­po­nent in help­ing to con­nect south­ern and west­ern suburbs.

Glad­stone Regional Coun­cil Mayor Gail Sell­ers opened the bridge before fel­low Coun­cil­lors, dig­ni­taries and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Walker Cor­po­ra­tion, Wool­worths, Shad­forth and Broad Construction.

“The bridge will pro­vide a vital city link for access to Kirk­wood Road, the new Wool­worths and spe­cialty stores and some of our newest city sub­urbs,” Cr Sell­ers said.

“This key infra­struc­ture com­po­nent will help alle­vi­ate traf­fic con­ges­tion at other major city inter­sec­tions, pro­vide an addi­tional route to link more city sub­urbs and reduce trav­el­ling time for motorists.”

Devel­op­ers of the For­est Springs Res­i­den­tial Estate invested more than $3 mil­lion to com­plete the Dixon Drive extension.

In con­junc­tion, Coun­cil spent more than $3 mil­lion pro­vided by devel­oper con­tri­bu­tions to trans­port infra­struc­ture, to con­struct the bridge over Police Creek.

“Today’s rib­bon cut­ting sym­bol­ised the com­ple­tion of a much antic­i­pated project but recog­nised a much greater achieve­ment through the sig­nif­i­cant pro­gres­sion of Gladstone’s road net­work,” Cr Sell­ers said.

“This net­work will fur­ther be enhanced with the open­ing of Kirk­wood Road Stage 3, pro­vid­ing a strate­gic city ring road while help­ing to sus­tain future road needs.”