Boogan Road, widen and strengthen pavement
The upgrade will include the widening of the existing road...
From Cape York to Cairns the Queensland Government is continuing to deliver better connections and infrastructure projects for the Far North region.
A total of $1.599b of works has been committed in the Far North District over the next four years in the latest Queensland Transport and Roads Investment Program (2022-23 to 2025-26).
We’re committed to investing in better connections that keep the Far North moving, linking you to all the area has to offer and getting you home, or where you need to go, sooner and safer.
Some of the projects being delivered include:
Bruce Highway, Cairns Southern Access Corridor, Edmonton to Gordonvale
This project will deliver significant safety improvements along this section of the Bruce Highway, which is the busiest 2-lane section of the Bruce Highway between Brisbane and Cairns.
Under the 15-year, $13 billion Bruce Highway Upgrade Program, the department is continuing to invest in safety, flood resilience and capacity upgrades along the Bruce Highway between Brisbane and Cairns.
Yorkeys Knob Boat Ramp
The new boat ramp and associated on-land facilities will be constructed on vacant state-owned land and seabed to the west of Yorkeys Knob Boating Club marina and to the north of Half Moon Bay Golf Club, with an access road on state land between the 2 clubs.
This new facility will:
Cape York Region Package Stage 2
The Cape York Region Package Stage 2 is a program of works to deliver infrastructure upgrades on the Cape York Peninsula between 2019-2020 and 2023-2024. Cape York Region Package Stage 2 will seal about 55km of the Peninsula Developmental Road as well as:
Cairns Southern Access Cycleway
The Cairns Southern Access Cycleway will provide an essential missing link connecting the southern suburbs to the city. This important infrastructure provides a dedicated and safe link for all bike riders including school children between Edmonton, Mount Sheridan, White Rock and Woree.
The new cycleway provides safer connections to several schools, businesses, and shopping precincts south of Cairns.
As well as building safer roads, this program of works supports nearly 1,440 regional jobs as well.
The upgrade will include the widening of the existing road...
We will deliver a $6 million upgrade to the Feluga and East Feluga Road and Bruce Highway intersection...
The Department of Transport and Main Roads is progressing a project to build a southbound overtaking lane at Smiths Gap on the Bruce Highway. The project will include the construction of a fauna...
A planning study is currently being undertaken to identify and preserve a corridor for a future bypass of Innisfail...
We are progressing a project to upgrade the intersection of the Bruce Highway and Munro Street at Babinda...
A 10.5km upgrade and duplication of the Bruce Highway between Edmonton and Gordonvale is being delivered. The project is Stage 3 of the Cairns Bruce Highway Upgrade Master Plan released in 2010...
We are upgrading the Bruce Highway—Cairns Southern Access Corridor from Kate Street (renamed Links Drive) to Aumuller Street to a 6-lane dual carriageway. Additional works include upgrades through to...
Planning for the Bruce Highway, Cairns Southern Access Corridor, (Stage 5) Foster Road upgrade intersection project will assess and recommend options to upgrade this intersection...
We are progressively sealing unsealed sections of the Burke Developmental Road between Almaden and Chillagoe...
The Cairns Bruce Highway Upgrade master plan was released in 2010. It was the result of a planning study that investigated long term, multi-modal transport planning options to address the impacts of...
We are reinvesting project savings to deliver a new off-road cycleway adjacent to the Bruce Highway consistent with the Cairns Bruce Highway Upgrade Masterplan...
We have commenced planning for a new transit network for Cairns. This planning includes building a network to deliver dedicated public transport spines that will connect the length and breadth of...
The department has completed a $550,000 planning project to investigate possible upgrades at the intersection of Cairns Western Arterial Road and Loridan Drive...
The department is undertaking a $300 million project is being undertaken to duplicate the Cairns Western Arterial Road between Redlynch Connector Road and Captain Cook Highway...
We are undertaking a $1.25 million planning study to look at improving the capacity and efficiency of transport routes between Cairns and the Northern Tablelands...
Cape York Region Package was a 5-year (2014-15 to 2018-19) $276 million program of works jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments to upgrade critical infrastructure on Cape York...
Cape York Regional Package Stage 2 is a $237.5 million program of works to deliver road infrastructure upgrades on Cape York Peninsula between 2019-2020 and 2023-2024...
We are progressing the planning for a $359 million program of road upgrades on Captain Cook Highway between Cairns and Smithfield...
The Captain Cook Highway, Smithfield Bypass project will construct a new 3.8km long road between McGregor Road roundabout and the Cairns Western Arterial Road (CWAR) and Captain Cook Highway (CCH) as...
We are improving the flood immunity and resilience of the state-controlled road network at 10 key sites...