Repair works on Gympie s Normanby Bridge are already causing traffic mayhem. Photos: Josh Preston
Other roads have not been much better, according to
Gympie Times online readers.
Ruth Griffin: “Southside yesterday afternoon was totally a mess (people) coming from town just crawling along ones trying to get in medical centre stuck trying to turn right, what a shambles.”
Nicki Maree: “Yes massive pain in the butt. I have Stewart Tce bridge and now Normanby overpass both on my route every morning and arvo. Fun times.”
Kaylah Smith-crossley: “It was an absolute nightmare today. Now going to have to change our whole routine.”
Rotary Club of Gympie Valentine s Day Breakfast at The Shed at Cedar Pocket. One of the more sophisticated options for Valentine s Day in the Gympie region The special treatment includes a mimosa on arrival, full hot breakfast and you can camp for free on Saturday night. 2. Get in early on Saturday night and take your love for a
romantic journey on the Mary Valley Rattler. In the perfect lead-up to Valentine s Day, the Rattler Love Train will depart historic Gympie Station at 5pm on Saturday, taking a leisurely scenic sunset ride through the spectacular Mary Valley to Amamoor, with on-board bubbles and antipasto.
UPDATE: Normanby Bridge will not be closed to traffic for the three months it takes to rebuild the Normanby overpass, as originally reported, but it will be closed to traffic coming off or going on to Hughes Terrace. A brochure outlining the $2.9 million project and delivered to impacted residents states Bruce Highway traffic will travel around the work site via the on off ramps either side of the highway. Motorists wishing to travel from Hughes Terrace on to Gympie Brooloo Road and vice versa will need to take an alternate route either via Kidd Bridge and Power Road, or alternatively travelling south on the Bruce Highway and crossing Mary Valley Link Road.