AUSTRALIA congestion project . When we took our concept design to market , we received negative comments from our stakeholders . Both from our community stakeholder perspective because we had limited some local access and also from an environmental perspective because we were going to impact on local forests . As part of the process , we engaged with industry to come up with a more innovative design in the procurement process . We ’ ve reduced the impact on the forest by more than two thirds and restored a whole lot of local access that was concerning the community .” Over the next 10 years , the Bruce Highway Action Plan will involve a comprehensive program
of works to improve the safety , flood immunity and capacity of the Bruce Highway . Such a huge project will affect a huge number of people , so Yeates knows that public engagement is key . “ In order for us to get all of that work done , we do have successive minor delays across our roadworks sites from Brisbane right up to the very north in Cairns . Ultimately what we found is the travelling public travelling is incredibly patient with roadworks because they know that when those upgrades are occurring they ’ re getting improvements in congestion or really big safety improvements .” South Coast District