The Neilsen Group proposal has been blocked and the road stays safe. This win belongs to every one of the 455 people who signed. We will keep watching the road conditions closely.
The existing Kin Kin/Pomona road is totally inadequate to cater for large quarry trucks and without substantial upgrade a serious accidents is almost guaranteed. For the safety of the local community please can you restrict the number of heavy trucks using the road until it is upgraded.
The Neilsen Group, the company who have leased the quarry, are planning over 40 loads per day of truck and trailer weighing up to 42 tonnes out of the quarry. This requires 80 trips over the Kin Kin Pomona Road, one every 6 minutes.
The Kin Kin Pomona Road has 27 sharp bends, huge drops off to the side with no safety fences and two one-way narrow bridges. The Department of Main Roads does not consider the road wide enough to have a single middle line and in most places two trucks could not pass.
I request the Government of Queensland and the Department of Main Roads carry out an urgent assessment study of this road as the Noosa Hinterland community believe the quarry proposal will seriously endanger the lives of road users.
We are approaching the 250 signature mark. Push hard right now so we hit this goal before the assessment requests go out.
Reached 100 supporters
December 4, 2009
6 Comments
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Angela
5 years ago
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The road infrastructure is totally inadequate for the size and frequency of trucks.
The materials quarried are not rare and could be excavated from sites with suitable infrastructure.
The quarry should be closed
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Andy
5 years ago
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Reduce the maximum permitted weight of trucks along narrow roads. Either the quarry then has to run more, but smaller trucks, which will hurt their bottom line, or tbe road needs to be altered to accommodate the trucks. This should be at the
quarries expense.
The
Best solution is to revoke the licence and close the quarry. A quarry should never have been authorised without sufficient infrastructure to deal with the produce. At the very least they should put a limit on the vehicle weight and a limit on the volume the quarry can transport in any 12 hr period
D
Dave Rivera
16 years ago
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I drive this road to work every single day and it is terrifying when a truck comes barreling around those blind corners. Someone is going to get killed if this keeps up.
J
Jenny Reed
16 years ago
Featured
The bridges are barely wide enough for a sedan let alone a massive trailer. Do they even check the safety before approving these things?
M
Mark Griffin
16 years ago
Featured
THE ROAD ISNT BUILT FOR THIS. fix the road before letting them ruin it for everyone else. absolute joke.
S
Sarah Liu
16 years ago
Featured
40 loads a day is way too many for such a tiny road. The kids catch the bus right on that stretch. Bad idea.
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The Neilsen Group proposal has been blocked and the road stays safe. This win belongs to every one of the 455 people who signed. We will keep watching the road conditions closely.
The existing Kin Kin/Pomona road is totally inadequate to cater for large quarry trucks and without substantial upgrade a serious accidents is almost guaranteed. For the safety of the local community please can you restrict the number of heavy trucks using the road until it is upgraded.
The Neilsen Group, the company who have leased the quarry, are planning over 40 loads per day of truck and trailer weighing up to 42 tonnes out of the quarry. This requires 80 trips over the Kin Kin Pomona Road, one every 6 minutes.
The Kin Kin Pomona Road has 27 sharp bends, huge drops off to the side with no safety fences and two one-way narrow bridges. The Department of Main Roads does not consider the road wide enough to have a single middle line and in most places two trucks could not pass.
I request the Government of Queensland and the Department of Main Roads carry out an urgent assessment study of this road as the Noosa Hinterland community believe the quarry proposal will seriously endanger the lives of road users.
We are approaching the 250 signature mark. Push hard right now so we hit this goal before the assessment requests go out.
Reached 100 supporters
December 4, 2009
6 Comments
A
Angela
5 years ago
Featured
The road infrastructure is totally inadequate for the size and frequency of trucks.
The materials quarried are not rare and could be excavated from sites with suitable infrastructure.
The quarry should be closed
A
Andy
5 years ago
Featured
Reduce the maximum permitted weight of trucks along narrow roads. Either the quarry then has to run more, but smaller trucks, which will hurt their bottom line, or tbe road needs to be altered to accommodate the trucks. This should be at the
quarries expense.
The
Best solution is to revoke the licence and close the quarry. A quarry should never have been authorised without sufficient infrastructure to deal with the produce. At the very least they should put a limit on the vehicle weight and a limit on the volume the quarry can transport in any 12 hr period
D
Dave Rivera
16 years ago
Featured
I drive this road to work every single day and it is terrifying when a truck comes barreling around those blind corners. Someone is going to get killed if this keeps up.
J
Jenny Reed
16 years ago
Featured
The bridges are barely wide enough for a sedan let alone a massive trailer. Do they even check the safety before approving these things?
M
Mark Griffin
16 years ago
Featured
THE ROAD ISNT BUILT FOR THIS. fix the road before letting them ruin it for everyone else. absolute joke.
S
Sarah Liu
16 years ago
Featured
40 loads a day is way too many for such a tiny road. The kids catch the bus right on that stretch. Bad idea.
The road infrastructure is totally inadequate for the size and frequency of trucks. The materials quarried are not rare and could be excavated from sites with suitable infrastructure. The quarry should be closed