About 40 residents of a rapidly growing estate have had their first look at a belated road that will provide them with a much-needed route in and out of the area.
Locals from Harmony at Palmview attended a one-hour walk-through of the Bruce Highway connection road, with representatives of developer AVID Property Group.
They were able to see the construction as it nears completion and ask questions to the development team, according to AVID Property Group general manager Queensland, Anthony Demiris.
“Tour attendees got to see first-hand the progress of the road and gain a better understanding of how a road is constructed, the challenges of building large infrastructure and how the wider road network connects together,” he said.
The road is seen as a crucial element of the estate as its population balloons.
It was expected to be completed by mid-2023 but AVID cited challenges in the building and construction industry, relating to supply and demand, for pushing its due date out.
The commencement of work last year came after a petition was circulated on Charge.org pleading for the highway connection, which had been promised for years, to be fast-tracked.
Commuters were last month reportedly trapped in the estate due to a crash on one of the few surrounding roads.
It’s now expected to be completed before the end of the year.
Mr Demiris said the tour provided locals with an opportunity to stay informed.
“It has been a long and incredibly complex journey to deliver this vital, long-awaited piece of infrastructure to the community and we are pleased to offer events like these to cover all the latest development updates,” he said.
The Bruce Highway connection is one of four roads planned to connect Palmview to the wider community.
The first connection, Peter Crosby Way, was completed in 2017. Following the delivery of the Bruce Highway connection, AVID will in the future construct a two-lane Southern Road link followed by a connection to Springhill Drive in Sippy Downs.
Harmony, a $3 billion project, is set on 378 hectares and is expected to deliver more than 4800 homes for 13,000 future residents.
More than 9000 short-term jobs were expected to be generated through the delivery of the project.
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