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Flood resistance works on Bruce Highway

Seymour Whyte Constructions has been awarded the contract to undertake flood resistance works on the Yellow Gin Creek section of the Bruce Highway.

Seymour Whyte Constructions has been awarded the contract to undertake flood resistance works on the Yellow Gin Creek section of the Bruce Highway. Seymour Whyte Constructions has been awarded the contract to undertake flood resistance works on the Yellow Gin Creek section of the Bruce Highway.

The $45 million Yellow Gin Creek Upgrade is part of the Australian and Queensland Governments’ $8.5 billion commitment over the next decade to improve safety on the Bruce Highway.

The project involves the replacement of the existing low-level floodway crossing over Yellow Gin Creek with a new raised bridge and upgrades to the highway and approaches to the bridge.

“Improving the flood immunity of the creek crossing will make the Bruce Highway safer and more dependable for industry, tourists and locals,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss.

“More than 3,000 vehicles every day—almost a quarter of which are heavy vehicles carrying regional and interstate freight—will benefit from this project.”

The Australian Government is contributing $36 million towards construction, with the Queensland Government providing the remaining $9 million.

Construction of the bridge upgrade is expected to begin in September and completed in late 2016, weather permitting.

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