{"id":4932,"date":"2023-11-30T16:53:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/highway-bridge-mooted\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T18:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:44:45","slug":"highway-bridge-mooted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/highway-bridge-mooted\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway bridge mooted"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tTuesday, October 2nd, 2018<\/span> | Posted by Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Highway bridge mooted<\/h1>\n

A BRIDGE could be built over one of Leongatha\u2019s busiest roads should the Great Southern Rail Trail be extended to Korumburra.
South Gippsland Shire Council has engaged a consultant to consider options for the trail crossing of Roughead Street \u2013 near the confluence of the South Gippsland, Bass and Strzelecki highways.
A bridge is one of the options in the mix, along with existing footpaths and an underpass.
Leongatha Business Association president Brenton Williams welcomed the prospect of a bridge, believing it could be a regional icon.
\u201cIt needs to be given some sort of look, something that the town could benefit from. They could have something on it, like a big cow or a big daffodil; put a bit of artwork on it rather than just a big concrete bridge,\u201d he said.
The bridge could impact the existing rural vista from the Leongatha central business district but mayor Cr Lorraine Brunt said a bridge would most likely be the best option.
\u201cThe most favoured or the most doable will be an overhead bridge,\u201d she said.
\u201cUltimately it\u2019s a significant crossing there. You can\u2019t have people crossing there and you can\u2019t have another set of traffic lights because the traffic would not flow.
\u201cHow else are you going to do it? It will really comes down to the safest way to do it.\u201d
Council\u2019s manager infrastructure delivery John Moylan said should a bridge be chosen, the vertical clearance would need to be six metres as Roughead Street is an over-dimensional route.
\u201cIn the event that a bridge solution is adopted, the span over Roughead Street would need to be sufficiently long enough to span the existing footpaths,\u201d he said.
\u201cThe gradients of an overpass solution would comply with the requirements of the Australian Standard which covers design for access and mobility.\u201d
Asked if council was considering the visual impact such a bridge would have on the Leongatha streetscape, Mr Moylan said, \u201cIf the bridge option is adopted, the consultant is required to develop a number of options with an emphasis on the aesthetics of the structure.\u201d
Mr Moylan said the work is part of a broader brief where the consultant is also responsible for developing a preliminary design for the bridge connecting Bair Street into the rail precinct and how these elements link together.
Mr Williams said he understood an initial design would see a bridge over Roughead Street include a branch bridge linking the rail yards with Bair Street.
\u201cIt will be great but at the end of the day, they (council) should probably concentrate on getting the rail yards cleaned up. We\u2019ve been waiting for a long time to get that cleaned up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Future of Leongatha: an artist\u2019s impression of how a pedestrian bridge over Roughead Street, Leongatha, may look. Digitally altered image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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