Nerang-Murwillumbah Road, safety treatments
This project focused on improving safety along various sections of this 36km road with a high crash history.
Nerang-Murwillumbah Road high risk road project
The safety improvements included:
- wide centre line marking from Beaudesert–Nerang Road to Tangara Road
- channelised right turns into:
- Parkway Drive
- Latimers Crossing Road
- Tangara Road
- the access road into the Gilston Advancetown Rural Fire Brigade
- Narrowleaf Road
- Pine Creek Road
- pavement widening and sealing
- installation/modification of existing safety barriers (including motorcycle underrun protection)
- vegetation clearing (to increase sight distance)
- installation/modification of existing warning signage and line marking
- 11 pullover bays for the Queensland Police Service to monitor traffic.
Benefits
- Improves safety
Funding
This project is fully funded by the Queensland Government. Investment ID 1390056
- Total investment
- $38.118 million
- Queensland Government
- $38.118 million
The following tables detail the site works with the location indicated on the project map.
| Package 1 works included |
| Site P1.1 Clagiriba Road intersection: Pavement widening, channelised right turn lane, guardrail, signage, line marking, drainage improvement works and batter treatments |
| Site P1.2: Beechmont Road upgrade is part of a separate project |
| Site P1.3 Parkway Drive intersection & Latimers Crossing Road intersection: Pavement widening, channelised right turn lanes, auxiliary left turn lanes, guardrail, signage, line marking, drainage improvement works and batter treatments |
| Site P1.4 - Tangara Road intersection: Pavement widening, channelised right turn lane, guardrail, signage, line marking, drainage improvement works and batter treatments |
| Site P1.5: Pavement widening, guardrail, signage, and line marking |
| Site P1.6: Pavement widening, guardrail, signage, and line marking |
| Site P1.7: Pavement widening, guardrail, signage, and line marking. Completion mid-2024 |
| Site P1.8: Driveway upgrades, pavement widening, guardrail, signage, line marking, and drainage improvement works |
| Site P1.9: Driveway upgrades, pavement widening, guardrail, signage, line marking, and drainage improvement works |
| Site P1.10: Driveway upgrades, signage, and line marking |
| Site P1.11: Driveway upgrades, signage, and line marking |
| Site P1.12: Driveway upgrades, signage, line marking and hazard removal |
| Package 2 works included |
| Narrowleaf Road intersection: Pavement widening, channelised right turn lane, guardrail, signage and line marking, drainage improvement works and batter treatments |
| Pine Creek Road intersection: Pavement widening, channelised right turn lane, auxiliary left turn lane, guardrail, signage and line marking, drainage improvement works and batter treatments |
| Bochow Park intersection: Pavement widening, guardrail, signage and line marking, drainage improvement works and batter treatments |
| Site P2.1: Pavement widening |
| Site P2.2: Pavement widening |
| Site P2.3: Pavement widening |
| Site P2.4: 10 Queensland Police Service pullover bays have been installed and site P2.4 is the final one to be installed. |
| Site P2.5: Pavement widening, guard-rail, signage and line marking, drainage improvement works and batter treatments |
| Whole of corridor treatment: Road edge guide posts |
Project map
Construction started in May 2021 and was completed in late 2024.
Queensland Police Service enforcement bay at Advancetown
Channelised right turn into Tangara Road