QUEEN Street will be reopened soon after inspectors declared the former Petersville Milk Factory safe this morning.
Blowin’ in the wind: Workers close Queen Street in case roofing from the former Milk Factory (background) flies onto the road. Photo: William Kulich.
The road was closed between mason and Gladstone streets on Friday after strong winds threatened to rip loose cladding from the former “Bonlac” site.
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Inspectors made the decision to reopen the road in light of this morning’s calmer weather.
Works to secure loose materials on the site are underway.
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VIDEO: Wind damage at Petersville Milk Factory
More on the wild weather:
Businesses write off weekend after Queen Street closure
Queen Street closed: Milk factory roofing could fly off
Optus apologises for service outages; blames damaging winds
Warragul area hit hardest by damaging winds in Gippsland; more to come
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