Tiaro is getting ready for life after the Bruce Highway

The Tiaro Community Working Group has given Fraser Coast Regional Council its list of priority projects to be funded by a $230,000 grant from the State Government under the Works for Queensland 2020-21 COVID-19 program.

The projects include making a section of Inman Street one-way and adding extra car parks; building a footpath from the QCWA hall to the traffic lights on Mayne Street and building a footpath from Mayne Street to the Tiaro Recreation Grounds.

At its meeting on Wednesday, (October 28), Council endorsed the projects so that detailed costs estimates can now be prepared.

“Tiaro residents are being proactive and putting forward ideas to ensure that the town will continue to attract visitors once it is bypassed by the Bruce Highway,” Cr Phil Truscott said.

The Tiaro Community Working Group, comprised of 15 community volunteers, provides feedback to Council and the Department of Transport and Main Roads on draft designs of the bypass and will produce a Community Plan to help the town re-invent itself once the Bruce Highway bypasses the town.

The community members were selected from expressions of interest lodged by residents of Tiaro and surrounding districts.

The bypass project was announced in 2019 by the Department of Transport and Main Roads following investigations into options to improve flood immunity, safety and efficiency of the Bruce Highway.