Good afternoon,
Thank you everyone for your patience whilst we work quickly towards the Mt Spec Road weekend closure next weekend from 7pm Friday 27 November to 6am Monday 30 November 2020.
We appreciate all of your feedback on what would be the most suitable one hour opening time on the Saturday and Sunday for the community.
As a result of this feedback, the one hour road opening times throughout the weekend closure will be:
10am – 11am, Saturday 28 November 2020
1pm – 2pm, Sunday 29 November 2020
I have already personally phoned those that requested specific times and explained why the time was chosen and they were kindly understanding of this if it wasn’t the time they had chosen.
Please note: If this weekend closure cannot occur due to wet weather, it will need to be pushed to the following weekend. We will advise you as soon as possible if this occurs. If you have any concerns regarding a potential closure on the following weekend please let us know as soon as you can so we can get an early understanding of any implications if this occurs.
Our next steps will be to inform the general public of the weekend road closure of Mt Spec Road. As a one hour road closure will not allow day trippers to get up and back in one day, and we don’t want them getting stuck overnight, all of our messaging to the general public will be that Mt Spec Road is closed for the entire weekend. This will include messaging on roadside VMS boards, QLDTraffic, radio announcements, media statements and so on. So please don’t be alarmed when you see this. The one hour openings will be happening as per the attached flyer, they are just primarily for yourselves as the community and your guests to take advantage of.
For those of you with guests staying at your accommodations/camping grounds can you please ensure you share this message with them.
Once again, please, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to reply email or give anyone of us in the Customer and Stakeholder Management team a call on 1800 625 648 and we’d be happy to help.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Kind Regards,
Jane Illin
Customer and Stakeholder Management
Northern District | Department of Transport and Main Roads
Floor 6 | Townsville Government Office Building | 445 Flinders Street | Townsville Qld 4810
PO Box 1089 | Townsville Qld 4810
P: 1800 625 648 | F: (07) 4421 8711
E: engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au
W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au