New England Highway (Yarraman - Toowoomba), Back Creek bridge, upgrade bridge and approaches, planning
Planning is underway to investigate safety improvements at Back Creek on the New England Highway south of Cooyar.
The New England Highway is a key state strategic road with high volumes of traffic, including freight.
This planning project is investigating options to upgrade:
- Back Creek bridge and its approaches
- New England Highway and Cooyar-Rangemore Road intersection
- New England Highway, McDougall and Fergus streets intersection
- New England Highway, between Back Creek and Cooyar Creek bridges.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Better road access
- Reduces travel time
- Contributes to economy
- Contributes to regional growth
- Better active transport
- Improves ride quality
Key features
The planning project will:
- determine existing and future infrastructure requirements
- recommend solutions to meet highway infrastructure requirements and increase safety and efficiency
- allow informed decisions to be made regarding future highway upgrades.
Funding
This project is fully funded by the Queensland Government under the Transport System Planning Program. Further funding will be required to progress to design and construction.
- Total investment
- $600,000
- Queensland Government
- $600,000
Current status
Planning is underway and is scheduled to be completed in June 2025.
Community consultation
The department invited road users and the local community in Cooyar to provide feedback on the project.
Online consultation closed on 30 August 2023.
The community shared their support for planning to upgrade Back Creek Bridge and key intersections in Cooyar.
New England Highway (Yarraman - Toowoomba), Back Creek bridge, upgrade bridge and approaches, planning location map
