It has been a busy month since my last post.
Following the launch of the RoadCulture business logo on 8th March I was pleased to quote on a traffic impact assessment for a commercial development.
My family and I attended a ceremony which recognised the scheme “Bundaberg Waterworks 1902” with an Engineering Heritage Marker. As described in Geoff Bullpitt’s nomination for the Marker, the East Water Tower (the ceremony location) is “a fine example of late 19th Century water supply technology used in the scheme”, and it remains in use today.
Also this month I attended a road safety audit ‘refresher course’ in Brisbane and I welcomed a new senior school student for regular tutoring sessions in mathematics!
Pushing my daughter in her pram around the streets of Bundaberg is always an adventure, but today I reported a particular footpath hazard. Recent trenching for utility services combined with the excessive rainfall experienced in the region since Christmas has created deep depressions in the grass footpaths along Walker Street near the railway line and Woondooma Street near City Fit gym. The pram was getting stuck in the depressions and my ankles and hips didn’t like the disruption, so I hope the council or utility company will be able to fix it soon!
On another note, I should mention the revisions occurring to the DTMR standards and manuals, which will now refer primarily to the new Austroads guides for road planning and design. The Interim Guide to Road Planning and Design Practice outlines the relevant criteria to be used until the release of the new Road Planning and Design Manual – A guide to Queensland Practice. I am pleased Queensland is moving towards being part of a Nationally consistent traffic system, but can’t help wondering whether the new Manual will continue to be freely available on the DTMR website. Might be time to budget for some additions to the business library!
On the topic of National transport, I found out the draft 2011 – 2020 National Road Safety Strategy is available for consultation. Some light bedtime reading perhaps?
Happy days! Thank you to John and others at the council - the depressions in the Woondooma Street footpath have been filled.
ReplyDeleteAlso, thank you council for fixing the footpath on Walker Street near the railway line. It is much more comfortable to walk on now :)
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