Tin Can Bay Road, overtaking lane planning
Investigations are underway to determine a suitable location for an additional overtaking lane/s on Tin Can Bay Road.
The department is undertaking investigations for a new overtaking lane/s on Tin Can Bay Road to cater for continued growth in the area.
It is the principal road link between Gympie and Tin Can Bay, and is a key freight route, supporting local timber and agricultural industries, as well as catering to commuter traffic and tourists visiting the popular seaside towns of Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach and surrounding national parks.
The overtaking location will be identified with consideration given to:
- road safety and design standards and requirements. This includes achieving the minimum lengths for overtaking lanes as well as lane widths, sight visibility, geometry, and other requirements that allow motorist to safely travel at speed for overtaking. It also includes finding or creating areas with fewer conflict points where there is a higher risk of collision
- minimising environmental and property impacts
- key issues and priorities identified by the local community.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Increases capacity
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Reduces peak hour congestion
- Better road access
- Reduces travel time
Key features
- Improved safety.
- Improved traffic flow.
- Reduced travel time.
- Reduced congestion.
Funding
Planning for this project is fully funded by the Queensland Government under the Transport System Planning Program.
There is currently no funding for detailed design or construction, however planning work will assist the department to develop a business case for funding consideration.
Investment ID: 1521420
- Total investment
- $650,000
- Queensland Government
- $650,000
Current status
The department will seek community feedback in the second half of 2024, before finalising a decision on a location for a new overtaking lane/s.
Tin Can Bay Road presents several challenges when installing an overtaking lane/s, as several locations between Gympie and Goomboorian contain winding and hilly terrain, frequent side road and property accesses, narrow road corridor sections and sensitive environmental areas.
Other areas around the mid-way point are less constrained, but already have overtaking opportunities with broken centre lines.
The department has also received feedback suggesting motorists may benefit from a dedicated overtaking lane/s at the mid-way point, as they are often unable to use the broken lines to overtake due to the volume of traffic travelling from the other direction.
Tin Can Bay Road, overtaking lane study area map
