D'Aguilar Highway (Yarraman – Kingaroy), various locations, improve safety
Construction and design works are underway for upgrades at various locations as part of a program of works to improve the D'Aguilar Highway between Yarraman and Kingaroy.
The department has been progressively upgrading the D'Aguilar Highway between Nanango and Kingaroy since 2019 as a part of a program of works.
Design work is currently underway to upgrade the remaining section of the D’Aguilar Highway between Nanango and Kingaroy.
Once works are completed, 24km of the D’Aguilar Highway will have been upgraded to improve safety and traffic efficiency.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Increases capacity
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Better road access
- Reduces maintenance
Key features
Upgrades within Kingaroy
- Improves safety and traffic flow with better separation of through and turning traffic.
Upgrades between Nanango and Kingaroy
- Wide centre line treatments to provide greater separation between motorists travelling in opposite directions
- Dedicated right turning lanes at several intersections to separate turning and through traffic
- Audio tactile line marking on the road edge and centre line marking to alert motorists through both sound and vibration when they veer out of their lane.
- Pavement reconstruction to reduce ongoing maintenance and rehabilitation needs.
Funding
This project is fully funded by the Queensland Government under the Targeted Road Safety Program.
Investment ID: 1388289, 845296
- Total investment
- $35.41 million
- Queensland Government
- $35.41 million
Current status
Works at Kingaroy urban intersections are complete.
These works included:
- widening the highway at Harris Road, Evelyn Street and Prince Street to allow through traffic to continue past turning traffic
- construction of a roundabout at the 4-way intersection of Knight, Walter, and Somerset streets. The roundabout has been designed to accommodate heavy vehicles and will reduce the potential for trucks to travel through residential areas on Kingaroy Street.
Construction is currently underway at Coolabunia, with various safety improvements including:
- widening and strengthening of various sections between Petersen Drive and Sommerfelds Lane to allow for a wide centre line treatment which provides greater separation for motorists travelling in opposite directions
- audio tactile line marking and raised retroreflective pavement marker installation
- upgrades at Franklins Road, Petersen Drive and Muller Street intersections with the D’Aguilar highway.
Detailed design for the remaining section of the D'Aguilar Highway was completed in mid-2024.
The design works include:
- an intersection upgrade at Bushnells Road
- road widening between Cafferys Road and Parsons Road
- realignment of a section of road between Bushnells Road and Parsons Road
- installation of wide centre line treatment.
Upgrade locations on the D'Aguilar Highway between Kingaroy and Nanango project map
Kingaroy urban intersection upgrades map
