Council has awarded the tender to construct a new bridge in Cassowary which will help increase load limits for the sugarcane industry.

NQ Civil Contractors Pty Ltd were resolved to be the preferred tenderer for the $938,277.00 construction contract

The new structure will be a single span concrete road bridge located next to the existing timber bridge which will become a rail bridge and ownership will be transferred to the Mill.

It will have an increased load limit with reduced costs associated with maintenance and debris removal after floods and annual cane harvesting season.

The current Warners Bridge is a single lane dual-purpose timber bridge has a 10t load limit used by sugar cane trains, harvesters, tractors and cane haulout machinery, motorists and cyclists.

The contract was approved unanimously by Councillors

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