{"id":188475,"date":"2025-03-20T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=188475"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T04:30:24","slug":"north-queenslanders-frustrated-over-ongoing-bruce-highway-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=188475","title":{"rendered":"North Queenslanders frustrated over ongoing Bruce Highway closures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As north Queenslanders deal with a second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing after the Bruce Highway was again closed this morning cutting off Far North residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bruce Highway was closed this morning north of Ingham, with truck drivers facing lengthy wait to get supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highway closure is the third time north Queensland region has been cut off due to flooding since February.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Bruce Highway is again cut off at Gairloch between Ingham and Cardwell. (Supplied: QLD Traffic and Main Roads)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Bruce Highway back in focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Queensland Trucking Association chief executive Gary Mahon said the condition of the Bruce Highway in the north of the state was not good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“It’s unacceptable in today’s day and age that Far North Queensland has to live with being fully cut off more than twice a year,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There have been calls to expedite road upgrades in north Queensland as the state and federal governments begin a $9 billion program of works to upgrade the Bruce Highway, announcing $300 million in early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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