| Department of Transport & Main Roads traffic management was a key focus with initiatives including: • convening local traffic coordination groups comprising departmental staff, emergency services, contractors and transport industry representatives, to manage potential for delays and safety risks for road users travelling through multiple projects in a district • reducing traffic delays by including sidetracks and detours around worksites and offering alternative heavy vehicle routes • updating roadworks maps weekly and circulated them to Oversized and Over Mass vehicle operators to alert them to width restrictions and site contacts • agreement with OSOM vehicle operators to call ahead to roadworks sites to enable contractors to manage wide loads • proactive communication and issuesmanagement including early consultation with key stakeholders, monthly email updates and newsletters for directly affected communities. It is estimated an average of 40,000 direct and indirect jobs were sustained over the life of the program. Many of these jobs were in regional and rural Queensland, supporting communities that had been impacted by REGIONAL JOBS BOOSTED
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