E-Petition

Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House that the recent work carried out on The Brisbane Valley Highway between Blacksoil and Fernvale are not to the same or similar standard as the recent similar work completed on the D’Aguilar highway, it falls far below that standard and is not acceptable.

The Brisbane Valley Highway is an important arterial road connecting western districts in SEQ. The road had been far below the acceptable standard of any highway in Queensland for a number of years, and the Government allocated vast sums of taxpayers money to repair and upgrade the surface. The result is that the road is now worse in some places than it was before the repairs and upgrades. 

Within weeks, the repaired sections have developed tram tracks, pot holes, asphalt joins have delaminated and the sections are so undulating that driving the highway with a car, truck or motorbike feels very unsafe.

According to Department of Transport Routine Maintenance Guidelines, Chapter 2: 2.6 "Contractors may be asked to redo the work if the required restoration as per Activity Standards has not been achieved". The repairs fall far below an acceptable standard, and far below the standard of the D’Aguilar Highway.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to call on the Government to instruct the contractor to redo the repairs to the same or similar standard as the D’Aguilar Highway.