Darling Downs

Key facts

79,521km²

Area covered by location¹

5.72%

Population of Queensland¹

3,889km

Other state-controlled road network

644km

National Land Transport Network²

687km

National rail network²

Program Highlights

Our top investments include:

$46.7 million towards Gore Highway (Millmerran - Goondiwindi), Wyaga Creek, upgrade floodway (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
$27 million Toowoomba - Cecil Plains Road, improve safety
$23.4 million Gore Highway (Toowoomba - Millmerran) and Toowoomba - Athol Road, improve safety
$19.5 million New England Highway (Warwick - Wallangarra), improve safety
$16.9 million Cunningham Highway (Warwick - Inglewood), improve safety
$16.8 million Cunningham Highway (Ipswich - Warwick), Tregony to Maryvale, improve safety (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
$13.2 million New England Highway (Toowoomba - Warwick), improve safety
$6.5 million New England Highway Bikeway, Highfields to Toowoomba (Stage 2), construct shared path
$6 million Toowoomba - Cecil Plains Road, 2022 Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements reconstruction works (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
$5.9 million Highfields Road, Kratzke Road and O’Brien Road, upgrade intersection (jointly funded with Toowomba Regional Council)

Investments (interactive)

You can view the list of investments for the Darling Downs area via the QTRIP interactive tool or in the QTRIP PDF.

Map

^{Image: Cunningham Highway (Ipswich - Warwick), Eight Mile intersection upgrade. Shows the new Cunningham Highway and New England Highway intersection between Toowoomba and Warwick. (Githabul Country)}

¹ _{Data source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (Queensland Treasury), Queensland Regional Profiles. www.qgso.qld.gov.au, retrieved 22 February 2023.}

² _{The detailed mapping data related to the National Land Transport Network (NLTN) Determination 2020 was not available at the time of publication. National Land Transport Network data and maps included assumed relevant state-controlled roads as at 1 July 2020.}