Torbanlea – Pialba Road, various locations, upgrade intersections and floodways
Work is underway on flood immunity and intersection upgrades along sections of Torbanlea – Pialba Road between Beelbi Creek and Takura.
The department is improving road safety and flood resilience for Hervey Bay and surrounding communities by upgrading Torbanlea – Pialba Road.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Improves flood immunity
- Contributes to economy
Key features
- Upgrades to 3 floodways, in addition to a new 4-span bridge at Beelbi Creek to provide a flood immunity with a 1% likelihood of being flooded in any given year.
- Road safety improvements by realigning and widening sections of Torbanlea – Pialba Road.
- Intersection upgrades, including realignments and installing separated turn lanes to improve traffic flow and reduce the potential for rear-end crashes. 5 intersections will be upgraded at:
- Old Toogoom Road intersection
- Churchill Mine Road intersection
- Antill Road intersection
- Grabbes Road intersection
- Gear Road intersection
Funding
The Australian Government and Queensland Government are funding the project. Project scope, cost and timing are subject to further consideration and negotiation with the Australian Government. Investment ID 1219670
A revised project cost of $37 million was announced on 22 December 2023.
Funding figures as at QTRIP 2023-24 to 2026-27 (June 2023).
- Total investment
- $31.4 million
- Australian Government
- $24 million
- Queensland Government
- $7.4 million
Current status
Works are underway with the decking being laid for the new Beelbi Creek bridge and intersection upgrades and pavement widening being installed on the new alignment.
Torbanlea – Pialba Road, various locations, upgrade intersections and floodways location map
- Old Toogoom Road intersection
- Churchill Mine Road intersection
- Antill Road intersection
- Grabbes Road intersection
- Gear Road intersection
- Toogoom Cane Road intersection
- Sanctuary Hills Road intersection
- Simmos Road intersection.
(Note: Intersections 6, 7 and 8 have been removed from the scope.)