Brisbane Valley Highway (Ipswich – Harlin), Fernvale, upgrade pedestrian facilities
Dedicated right-turn lanes, pedestrian refuges, reduced speed limits, and town entry treatments will improve safety for road users through Main Street in Fernvale.
Brisbane Valley Highway (Ipswich - Harlin), Warrego Highway to Fernvale, improve safety
This project involved improvements to approximately 14km of the Brisbane Valley Highway to reduce the rate and severity of crashes and improve traffic efficiency.
The Brisbane Valley Highway provides a busy route for motorists travelling to Brisbane and Ipswich. Traffic incidents currently result in significant delays or road closures. The new road treatments will address these issues and provide a safer road network.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Contributes to economy
Key features
- Wide centre line treatment to provide additional separation between northbound and southbound traffic.
- Guardrail to provide better protection from roadside hazards.
- Vegetation clearing from the lane edge between the Warrego Highway and Fernvale to remove roadside hazards.
- Installed dedicated right-turn and left-turn lanes at Ironbark Road intersection and reducing the length of overtaking lanes approaching the intersection.
- Installed a dedicated right-turn and left-turn at the Borallon Station Road intersection.
- Minor bus stop improvements at James Street.
- Police enforcement bay south of Glamorgan Vale Road.
- Installed a dedicated left-turn at the Glamorgan Vale Road.
Funding
This project is fully funded by the Queensland Government through its Targeted Road Safety Program. Investment ID 1465911
- Total investment
- $14.4 million
- Queensland Government
- $14.4 million
Current status
Works are now complete and included shoulder widening, 12kms of resealing, a police enforcement bay, dedicated right and left-hand turns, and culvert extensions, where applicable.
As part of this project, we trialled the use of stabilised recycled materials for the first time in Queensland. A section of the southbound lane between approximately Pine Mountain Road and Drapers Road West, used recycled crushed concrete material as part of stabilisation works. This trial is a part of the National Asset Centre of Excellence research program where we partner with the Australian Road Research Board and the National Transport Research Organisation.
Brisbane Valley Highway (Ipswich-Harlin), Warrego Highway to Fernvale, improve safety location map
