KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, says despite two years of fighting with the Cairns Transport and Main Roads Department (TMR) and the Qld Transport Minister, the dangerous Bruce Highway intersection at Feluga is finally being rebuilt with heavy machinery on the ground.

“It’s a disgrace that it took the locals of Feluga this long to get an outcome,” Mr Katter said.

“I have never seen a more dangerous intersection. You’ve got a blind s-bend onto the main north-south highway of Australia, and you’ve got an s-bend on the other side. To compound things, you have a cane tramway, a bridge and a railway line all in the vicinity.

“There have been too many tragedies here and far too many lives lost.

“But we’ve now seen a result thanks to the locals and the fabulous hard work of the Member for Hill, Shane Knuth, and our local Councillors. You won in the end.”

The $8.4 million intersection upgrade project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments and is due to be completed late this year.

The roadworks will include the installation of a staggered T intersection that are used as a safer alternative to four-way unsignalised intersections (see map attached).[1]

[1] https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-ingham-innisfail-east-feluga-road-and-feluga-road-improve-intersection