Gowrie to Helidon utilities investigations – Gowrie Junction and Withcott

Regionerate Rail has been engaged by ARTC Inland Rail to undertake construction for the Gowrie to Kagaru projects, commencing utilities investigations in late April 2023 in the Gowrie Junction and Withcott areas.  

Aerial view of new line at Withcott, Queensland

Snapshot

Date

April 2023 - June 2023

Working hours
  • Investigation works will occur between 6:30am and 6:30pm
  • High noise activities will occur between 9:00am to 4:00pm.
Location

Gowrie Junction and Withcott

Town
  • Gowrie Junction
  • Withcott
Local Government Area
  • Lockyer Valley
  • Toowoomba

Work being done

Regionerate Rail will undertake utilities investigations in the Gowrie Junction and Withcott areas (see map below) from late April 2023 for a period of three months.

Investigation findings will inform ongoing design refinements for the Gowrie to Kagaru section of Inland Rail.

What are utility investigations?

  • Utilities investigations identify and locate underground utilities to determine how they interface with the proposed rail alignment.
  • The ground penetrating radar determines the existence and horizontal position of utilities.
  • Vacuum excavation is the most accurate form of underground utility location and involves exposing the subsurface utility to determine the length and depth of the infrastructure.

What can I expect?

  • Potential temporary footpath, verge and lane closures in traffic-controlled areas with minimal disruption.
  • Potential high noise activity when cutting pavements or using vacuum trucks.
  • Work occurring generally in road reserves or utility easements.
  • Traffic management will be in place to minimise disruption.
  • Technicians on-site operating survey equipment.

Machinery used

  • Ground penetrating radar survey equipment.
  • Vacuum truck.

How we’re managing impacts

  • For the safety of our workers and the public, minor traffic control measures will be in place in locations where work is adjacent to live traffic. This will see temporary reductions in speed limits through use of on the ground traffic control and signage and footpath, verge and lane closures.
  • High noise activities will occur be between 9:00am to 4:00pm.

Contact

Phone: 1800 732 761

Email: inlandrailqld@artc.com.au

Post: Inland Rail, GPO Box 2462, Brisbane QLD 4001

Gowrie Junction and Withcott – utilities investigations – white shading indicates works areas

 

Image of utilities investigations works areas in Gowrie and Withcott - April 2023

 


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