Kennedy Highway (Cairns - Mareeba), Barron River bridge upgrade, planning
The Barron River bridge planning project aims to explore long-term, sustainable solutions for the bridge located near Kuranda.
Kuranda Range Road safety and resilience upgrades
The department is working with the Australian Government to investigate and prioritise safety and resilience upgrades for Kuranda Range Road.
The upgrades aim to reduce the number and duration of road closures on the Kuranda Range Road, improving travel time and trip reliability for all road users, including heavy vehicles.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Improves network efficiency
- Contributes to regional growth
- Improves ride quality
Key features
We expect the program to include the following upgrades at key locations on Kuranda Range Road:
- protective barriers and guardrail
- shoulder widening
- wide centre line treatment
- intelligent transport systems
- slope stability treatments
- vegetation management
- turnaround areas.
Funding
This project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments on an 80:20 basis. Investment ID 2713515
- Total investment
- $262.5 million
- Australian Government
- $210 million
- Queensland Government
- $52.5 million
Current Status
Kuranda Range Road experienced numerous major landslips caused by Tropical Cyclone Jasper in December 2023. Our priority on Kuranda Range Road is to carry out repair and recovery works.
The recovery works are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
We are developing a Kuranda Range Road Upgrade Strategy to determine and prioritise suitable treatments to improve safety and resilience.
Kuranda Range Road, safety and resilience upgrades project location map
