Booral Road and Boundary Road (Urangan), intersection upgrade
Stage 1 works are underway for an upgrade of the Booral Road and Boundary Road intersection at Urangan.
Accelerated 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:
Stage 1 works are underway for an upgrade of the Booral Road and Boundary Road intersection at Urangan.
Planning is underway to improve flood immunity and safety on a section of Booral Road at Bunya Creek, including the Main Street intersection.
The $1.162 billion Section D: Woondum to Curra project is a new 26km, 4-lane divided highway between the existing Bruce Highway interchange at Woondum, south of Gympie and Curra.
The Queensland Government is improving flood immunity, safety, and efficiency of the Bruce Highway and future-proofing the road to cater for growing traffic volumes. The Tiaro Bypass will also remove a significant number of heavy vehicles from Tiaro township, improving safety and liveability for residents.
This project has been completed and provides Intelligent Transport System infrastructure at various locations along the Bruce Highway between Pine River and Cairns.
This project involved a 62km realignment and upgrade of the Bruce Highway to 4 lanes between Cooroy and Curra.
The department and Bundaberg Regional Council (council) worked together to finalise the Bundaberg Integrated Transport Strategy which will outline the future transport initiatives in the Bundaberg region.
The Queensland Government has improved safety and traffic efficiency on 24km of the D’Aguilar Highway between Nanango and Kingaroy.
The Fraser Coast region is experiencing significant growth, with its population projected to increase from 118,505 to 151,700 over the next 25 years.
Targeted road safety improvements on Goodwood Road will improve the safety of several intersections in Bundaberg and Kinkuna.
The Queensland Government has developed a preliminary design for active transport bridges and pathways to connect Southside to Gympie's CBD and surrounds.
Construction to improve the Isis Highway at Biggenden and remove the ageing timber bridge rail overpass and construct an at-grade road (a new road that will be at the same level as the existing road) is complete.
The Queensland Government is undertaking a series of safety improvements along a 40km stretch of the Isis Highway from Airport Drive to the Bruce Highway.
The Queensland Government is improving safety on the Isis Highway between Wyper Park and Willdora Drive.
The upgrade of the Maryborough - Hervey Bay Road and Pialba - Burrum Heads Road intersection in Eli Waters will improve traffic movement and the safety of motorists, pedestrians and bike riders.
Planning is underway to improve the safety and efficiency of the Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road (locally known as Saltwater Creek Road) and Ariadne Street intersection.
The Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road intersection upgrades and safety works involved upgrading the Noble Road, Stockman Way and Sunnyside Drive intersections at Susan River to improve safety for all road users.
The department has progressively upgraded and sealed the gravel sections of Monto–Mount Perry Road to improve road user safety and comfort and reduce future maintenance requirements.
The Next Generation Traffic Signalling Program is an initiative aimed at transforming traffic signal infrastructure across Queensland.
This upgrade will improve flood resilience for Hervey Bay and surrounding communities and involves pavement realignment, widening, and culvert upgrades.
A capacity upgrade is in development to complement the planned Proserpine-Shute Harbour Road Upgrade between Paluma Road and Valley Drive.
Upgrades to this key arterial road in the Whitsunday Region include flood immunity improvements at Hamilton Plains and a capacity upgrade between Paluma Road and Valley Drive in Cannonvale.
The Queensland Train Manufacturing Program will build 65 new six-car passenger trains at a purpose-built manufacturing facility in Torbanlea. The new, modern train fleet will provide passengers with more efficient, reliable, and accessible travel across South East Queensland.
Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road is a regional road linking the Capricorn Coast, including tourist locations, such as Great Keppel Island to Rockhampton and beyond.
Repairs have been completed across southern Queensland after extensive and severe damage to the state-controlled road network was caused by multiple heavy rainfall and flooding events in 2022.
A new facility is being constructed in the Fraser Coast region, to manufacture the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program fleet.
Urangan State Boat Harbour is a key strategic maritime asset on the Fraser coast, providing deep water access for recreational boaties, supporting commercial and community maritime activities, is a gateway to the Great Sandy Marine Park and K’gari (Fraser Island) World Heritage Area and home to the Hervey Bay whale watching fleet.
Last updated: 5 February 2025