Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Queensland Trucking Association has warned that detours around the collapsed bridge will add up to 700km to key routes, delaying the delivery of food, medical supplies, and emergency equipment.
By 3:30 p.m. local time, the Ross River Dam reached a capacity of 163.8%, causing Townsville's disaster management group to close it to the public and halt traffic to the area. [5] The Bruce Highway Ollera Creek Bridge north of Townsville collapsed due to the flooding, delaying or cutting supplies and access by road to different communities ...
Following the crash the truck caught fire and the driver was pulled from the truck by bystanders. Ammonium nitrate leaked onto the Bruce Highway, a major highway in Queensland. [5] First responders ordered an evacuation of a 2.5 kilometre radius of the crash, [3] and decided to not extinguish the fire because of the inherent risk. [5]
Completion of a project for pavement widening and strengthening between Clermont and Nebo had in June 2021 been expected in late 2022 at a total cost of $35 million. [5] As of March 2023, roadworks of various kinds, some resurfacing, some more in depth, are ongoing in places, while others are relatively untouched, and the risk of death or serious injury to the highway’s users remains.
Nine News Queensland is the flagship state-based news bulletin of the Nine Network in Brisbane. Like all Nine News bulletins, the Queensland bulletin runs for one hour nightly at 6:00pm. [ 1 ] The bulletin also airs, albeit on a half-hour delay, in the Northern Territory.
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian National Highway and also part of Highway 1, the longest highway route in Australia.
Because Queensland driver licences were susceptible to fraud the department initiated a smartcard driver licence project in 2003. [2] [3] The project has suffered from long delays and cost overruns. The transition to the new cards commenced in 2011, and the new cards will replace laminated licences as they come up for renewal, expected to be ...
The flooding was the result of a low pressure system over Queensland's southern coast that dragged in moisture from the Coral Sea in the north, raising it over the Queensland coastline. The area of colder air higher in the atmosphere which the low-pressure system travelled in, thus making the atmosphere unstable and permitting moisture to be ...