Metropolitan

Key facts

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2,974km2

Area covered by location1

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31.80%

Population of Queensland1

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437km

Other state-controlled road network

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90km

National Land Transport Network2

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88km 

National rail network2

Program Highlights

Our top investments included:

  • $1 billion funding commitment for Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River upgrade (jointly funded with the Australian Government). This commitment is part of integrated planning underway for Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway Upgrades. Project cost, scope and timing subject to further planning and negotiation with the Australian Government
  • $450 million funding commitment for Brisbane Metro, Woolloongabba Station (jointly funded with the Australian Government and Brisbane City Council)
  • $352.5 million funding commitment towards Boundary Road (Coopers Plains) rail level crossing upgrade (jointly funded with the Australian Government and Brisbane City Council)
  • $271.5 million towards Centenary Bridge Upgrade (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
  • $209.3 million towards Beams Road (Carseldine and Fitzgibbon) upgrade rail level crossing (jointly funded with the Australian Government and Brisbane City Council)
  • $172 million Northern Transitway, bus priority works
  • $131.4 million towards Linkfield Road Overpass upgrade (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
  • $97 million Cleveland - Redland Bay Road, Anita Street to Magnolia Parade, duplicate to four lanes
  • $80 million Cleveland - Redland Bay Road, Anita Street to Giles Road, duplicate lanes 
  • $25 million Cunningham Arterial Road (Ipswich Motorway) Rocklea to Darra, remaining sections, planning

Investments (interactive)

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

Map

Map of the Metropolitan District


Image: Eastern Transitway (Stage 1), bus priority works. Shows the new bus priority lanes at the intersection of Old Cleveland Road and Creek Road in Carindale.

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.

 
 
Reflects QTRIP 2023–24 to 2026–27.