Bruce Highway Upgrade Program
The Queensland Government is committed to improving the 1,671.3km Bruce Highway from Pine River to Cairns, focusing on capacity, safety, and flood resilience.
Bruce Highway (Mackay – Proserpine) O'Connell River to Proserpine (Goorganga Floodplain), upgrade flood immunity
Detailed design is underway for the Bruce Highway (Mackay – Proserpine) O'Connell River to Proserpine, (Goorganga Floodplain) upgrade flood immunity project.
The need for improvements to the Bruce Highway, along the Goorganga Plains corridor, has been identified through the Bruce Highway Link Flood Study and the Bruce Highway Upgrade Program.
The project focuses on a 12.5km section of the Bruce Highway for the Goorganga Plains upgrade.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Improves network efficiency
- Improves flood immunity
- Better road access
- Contributes to economy
- Contributes to regional growth
- Improves ride quality
Key features
- Minor highway realignment of 10.6km at the Thompson Creek and Goorganga/Lethebrook sections.
- Increasing the height of the road to improve flood immunity.
- Upgrade of Lethebrook Road and Lascelles Avenue intersections.
- 2 new bridges at Goorganga Creek and Lethebrook Creek.
- New and upgraded culverts.
Funding
This is a planned investment. The Australian and Queensland governments have allocated funding towards planning for this program of work, with scope, cost and timing subject to further project development, site investigations and consideration.
Investment ID: 2342729
Current Status
The project is in the early design phase. Field assessments are underway to better understand the site conditions to help inform the detailed design.
Project location map
The map also shows the location of the Goorganga overtaking lanes project being delivered on the Bruce Highway between the flood immunity project locations. The project location is shown by a split blue line.
