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Discovery Drive Widening Works Update What is that Smell? New Water Source for 100,000 People
Works are progressing on the upgrade of Discovery The Department of Environment and Heritage Approximately one hundred thousand people
Drive to improve road safety for school children, Protection is taking action to identify the cause and in North Lakes, Mango Hill, Dakabin, Kallangur,
parents and staff accessing local schools in the area. source of the odour affecting your area - and they Murrumba Downs, Griffin, Petrie, Lawnton and
The $4.5 million project is funded by Stockland. need your help. Strathpine have been connected to the SEQ
It involves widening the section of road with additional lanes Over the past two years, Chris Whiting MP has been door Water Grid for the first time, as part of a joint project between
created between Memorial Drive and Southerden Drive, two knocking in the North Lakes and Mango Hill area. During that Unitywater and Seqwater.
roundabout intersections converted to signalised intersections time he has heard many complaints regarding strong odours The Petrie Water Treatment Plant (operated by Seqwater), which
and the inclusion of pedestrian crossings, pram ramps and bike coming in from the nearby industrial estate. provided these customers with their water, was built in the late
lanes to improve accessibility for local residents. The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) 1950s. As the plant needed a major refurbishment to continue to
Old Petrie Town Steam Fair Signalising the intersections will not only improve traffic flow have clarified that they run weekly visits to risk sites during the provide a reliable water supply, it was more efficient to connect
Head on down to Old Petrie Town on the 2nd and high-risk season, as well as occasional after-hours survelillance the zone to the SEQ Water Grid and decommission the plant.
3rd of June to commemorate a century since the to identify the source of the odour. The transition to the new water source took place during March
end of World War I. View the majestic machines The Department has also stated that additional after-hours and April this year.
from last century in action, including traction surveillance can be scheduled if there are a number of complaints. Find out more at www.unitywater.com/petrie. The website
engines, vintage tractors, steam toys and of course, vintage cars, If you smell the odour, don’t hesitate to contact DEHP! includes a searchable map if you want to check if your property
trucks and buses. Visit www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/reporting to was affected by the change.
Don’t miss the Grand Parade daily, starting at 12.30pm. download an ‘Odour Log Sheet”. If you don’t have internet access,
There will be something for the whole family so come along and you can call Chris Whiting’s Office on 3448 2100 to arrange to
join the fun at 901 Dayboro Road, Kurwongbah from 10am-4pm have one sent to you.
on Saturday and 8am-2pm on Sunday. The more people that fill out and send in the Odour Log Sheets,
the more information DEHP will have to identify the source and
take action to resolve it.

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