Strathpine - Samford Road (Eatons Crossing Road and Mount Samson Road), improve intersection and route safety

Construction is complete for safety improvements on Strathpine-Samford Road between Eatons Hill and Samford Valley.

Benefits

• Improves safety
• Improves network efficiency
• Better active transport
• Increases traffic flow
• Contributes to economy

Key features

• New signals at the Eatons Crossing Road and Lilley Road intersection, Cashmere.
• Strathpine-Samford Road just west of Queen Elizabeth Drive to Gibbons Road widened.
• Wide centre line treatment installed to provide additional separation between vehicles travelling in opposite directions.
• Shoulder widened to provide additional trafficable area to pull over, assist emergency vehicles to pass, accommodate wide vehicles and greater separation between cars and bike riders.
• Safety barriers installed at various locations and removing roadside hazards (including necessary vegetation clearing).
• Dedicated right-turn lanes at Dawneta Court, Albion Road, Lascelle Court, Boland Court, Hodge Road, Lergessner Road, Lawson Road, and Gibbons Road.
• Dedicated left-turn lane at Clear Mountain Road, Hodge Road, Lergessner Road, Alpine Drive, Somers Street, and Gibbons Road to separate turning vehicles from through-traffic lanes. 
• Improved bike rider safety with 2m wide shoulders marked with bike symbols and intersection conflict points marked with green paint and bike symbols. 
• Fauna management measures, including exclusion fencing and fauna underpasses.
• New police enforcement bays.

Funding

This project is fully funded by the Queensland Government under the Targeted Road Safety Program. Investment ID 1572868

Strathpine - Samford Road (Eatons Crossing Road and Mount Samson Road), improve intersection and route safety location map