Mount Lindesay Highway (Brisbane – Beaudesert), Stoney Camp Road to Chambers Flat Road, construct additional lanes
The section of the Mount Lindesay Highway between Stoney Camp Road and Chambers Flat Road at Munruben has been upgraded.
CompletedThe section of the Mount Lindesay Highway between Stoney Camp Road and Chambers Flat Road at Munruben has been upgraded.
CompletedThe department is progressing safety upgrades to more than 31km of the Kennedy Highway between Kuranda and Mareeba.
ConstructionAccelerated funding has been allocated through the following Road Stimulus Packages to increase investment in roads and transport infrastructure as part of The Queensland Economic Recovery Strategy.
Together with the Australian Government, we are improving Queensland's inland freight corridors by investing $185 million across 22 projects. The Roads of Strategic Importance early works package projects are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments.
These projects will help the freight and logistic industry move essential goods throughout Queensland more efficiently while protecting the safety of all road users.
Project works include:
View details of all jointly-funded Roads of Strategic Importance early works package projects.
The Queensland Government is investing $400 million across 42 projects to help supercharge the Queensland economy and improve road safety.
Project works include:
View details of all Queensland Government funded Road Stimulus package projects.
Together with the Australian Government, we are fast-tracking infrastructure upgrades by investing $415 million across 38 projects. These projects are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments.
These infrastructure upgrades will help improve congestion on some of Queensland's busiest roads, increase productive and improve safety for all road users.
Infrastructure upgrades include:
View details of all jointly-funded Australian Government stimulus package projects.
In addition to the $415 million package previously announced, the Queensland Government is partnering with the Australian Government to invest a further $2.1 billion towards infrastructure projects in Queensland, including:
The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative has delivered targeted upgrades to the Carnarvon Highway and surrounding roads.
The construction of safety improvements at the intersection of Beaudesert–Nerang Road and Oxenford–Coomera Gorge Road (Maudsland Road) at Mount Nathan has been completed.
Construction has been completed on Boogan Road, between the Bruce Highway at Mourilyan and South Johnstone Road intersection.
About 24km of the Burke Developmental Road between Normanton and Dimbulah has been progressively sealed to an 8-metre width.
Works are underway to widen 3 high priority sections of the Capricorn Highway between Emerald and Alpha.
Works involved pavement widening and sealing between 81.71km and 84.99km east of St George.
The Cloncurry – Dajarra Road, improvement works are now complete. The road is now sealed from the intersection of the Barkly Highway (Cloncurry – Mount Isa), 100 kilometres south to the Phosphate Hill intersection. Works also included widening various priority sections of existing narrow seals.
The Cramsie-Muttaburra Road between Longreach and Muttaburra has been fully sealed, improving safety, efficiency and wet weather access.
Construction is completed on safety improvements along the D'Aguilar Highway between Sandy Creek and Kilcoy to reduce the risk of crashes.
Works have been completed to replace the existing Barcoo River Bridge with a wider, higher, modern concrete structure.
Flinders Highway (Julia Creek – Cloncurry), Scrubby Creek pavement, strengthening and widening.
The project on the Flinders Highway included widening sections of highway pavement to allow for the installation of 1-metre-wide separations between oncoming traffic lanes. These wide centre line treatments have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of head-on collisions, greatly improving road safety.
The upgrade duplicated Lawrie Street from 2 to 4 lanes, including constructing a second rail overpass bridge, 2 new signalised intersections and a new shared user path bridge over the rail line to upgrade pedestrian and bike riding facilities.
This project improved safety on a high priority section of Glass House Mountains Road (known as Steve Irwin Way) between Beerwah and Landsborough.
The department has improved pedestrian safety on the Gold Coast Highway at the Toolona Street intersection in Tugun.
This project has trialled sustainable pavement systems and products to rehabilitate deteriorating sections of the Gore Highway.
The package of Gregory Developmental Road upgrades is delivering a stronger and wider surface, improving travelling conditions for motorists and upgraded a major culvert to improve flood resilience.
The department are delivering the progressive sealing of Kennedy Developmental Road, The Lynd to Hughenden.
This project delivered safety upgrades to about 21km of the Kennedy Highway between Mareeba and Atherton.
The department is progressing safety upgrades to more than 31km of the Kennedy Highway between Kuranda and Mareeba.
The design has been completed for the Beaudesert Road and Illaweena Street intersection upgrade project in Calamvale. Construction started late June 2022
The section of the Mount Lindesay Highway between Stoney Camp Road and Chambers Flat Road at Munruben has been upgraded.
The single-lane John Peterson Bridge will be replaced with a higher, safer, more flood-resistant 2-lane structure on an improved alignment.
An upgrade is being delivered to a 1.5km section of Proserpine-Shute Harbour Road in Cannonvale.
A flood immunity upgrade will be delivered to a 1.5km section of Proserpine – Shute Harbour Road at Hamilton Plains between the Bruce Highway turn-off and Strathdickie Road.
Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road is a regional road linking the Capricorn Coast, including tourist locations, such as Great Keppel Island to Rockhampton and beyond.
Construction is complete on the Howard Creek Causeway upgrade (approximately 11km from Oxenford) on Tamborine–Oxenford Road. The upgrade, at Wongawallan, has provided a safer road alignment with increased flood immunity.
A new, 2-lane roundabout has been delivered to ease congestion, improve safety and traffic flow at the Cooroy-Noosa Road and Beckmans Road intersection.
Work is underway on flood immunity and intersection upgrades along sections of Torbanlea – Pialba Road between Beelbi Creek and Takura.
Last updated: 21 December 2020