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05 July 2018 10:00:51
Emergency repairs had to be made on a road in the far north of Queensland after the bitumen melted around the car tires, causing traffic chaos.
The Department of Transportation and Main Roads Millaa Road near Tarzali on the trays of Atherton yesterday after receiving several complaints.
Driver Bridget Daley stated that his tires were covered with bitumen, which had also flown, hitting his bumper bar and tearing him off
. was horrified to find that there was three inches of bitumen around the four wheels of my vehicle, "she said.
"We were like insects caught in a spider's web and we sank
"There were people who were stopped on the side of the road and they were totally and totally incredulous as to what had happened to their vehicles."
Another driver posted on social networks Anissa Rasmussen wrote: "We were stopped by the police in Tarzali, 10 kilometers from our destination, because the cars were broken. "Then the police diverted us an hour through other work with idiots driving at great speed across the gravel and spraying our car with stones."
A spokesman for the department said he was aware of the "problems" related to recent road repairs and that the road had been reopened with speed restrictions after emergency repairs. ABC asked the department for more details on the cause of the problem and whether the drivers would be compensated, but the department has not yet responded
"I have never seen anything "Mayor
Mayor Joe Paronella said that he understood that it was a time change that had caused tire damage.
"I have never seen anything like it and when the reports started yesterday, it was amazing," he said.
"Last week a section The road contractors and the gravel they lay on the roof do not adhere to the bitumen.
" We started receiving reports in the middle of Last week people were flying stones and gravel, so we tried to help the main roads. Wherever possible, we helped the brooms remove the gravel.
"It is at this time that we have had cold and drizzle, since the weekend we have exactly the bitumen and bitumen.
The owner of a nearby tire repair service, Vince Whalley, said that a dozen customers arrived after crossing the road, requiring the replacement of their tires
. "They become very dangerous, the tar comes off the tires" They have tar up to an inch, an inch and a half thick on them, so we can not clean the tires, we need to replace them .
"It would be the first time I saw something like this."
million. Whalley said that a tourist traveling to the area for the school holidays was forced to pay $ 1,200 for a new set of tires.
"There are so many innocent people caught in this case and if anyone who has damage to their vehicles because of the failure of this road works must contact Main Roads", added Cr Paronella .
"I would certainly talk to the department about possible compensation."
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Published
05 July 2018 09:54:05
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