The closure of Boat Harbour Drive, between Bideford Street and Elizabeth Street, for upgrading works is going to have a major impact on traffic flows around Hervey Bay. A number of bus routes will be changed as reported here.
From Thursday major traffic detours will be in place too that will direct traffic further inland along Garden Drive Urangan. Temporary traffic lights have already been erected at the intersection of Garden Drive and Elizabeth Street
and at the intersections of Garden Drive and Robert Street and Robert Street and Southerden Street
to ease the congestion that will no doubt develop during peak hours.
The residents of Garden Drive are going to be seeing a lot of traffic in their normally quiet street over the coming months.
And if you’re coming along Boat Harbour Drive from the Pialba end and you’re thinking of taking your own detour down Bideford Street towards The Esplanade you need to be aware that Hervey Bay City Council has begun it’s own roadworks right in the middel of the shopping precinct in Bideford Street.
Yesterday a very large pile of sand was blocking much of the road as well as easy access to the only ATMs at that end of Hervey Bay.