South West

Key facts

319,275km²

Area covered by location¹

0.46%

Population of Queensland¹

3,555km

Other state-controlled road network

418km

National Land Transport Network²

418km

National rail network²

Program Highlights

Our top investments include:

$15.4 million Bollon Road, construct to sealed standard (jointly funded with the Australian Government and Maranoa Council)
$10 million Castlereagh Highway (St George - Hebel), 2022 Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements betterment works (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
$7.8 million Quilpie - Adavale Road, various locations, upgrade seal and floodways (jointly funded with Quilpie Shire Council)
$4.8 million Quilpie - Thargomindah Road (Thargomindah), various locations, construct to sealed standard
$3.6 million Castlereagh Highway (St George - Hebel), 2022 Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements reconstruction works (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
$2.1 million Carnarvon Highway (Mungindi - St George), widen and seal (jointly funded with the Australian Government)
$2.1 million Mount Tabor Road, construct to sealed standard (jointly funded with Murweh Shire Council)
$1.6 million Whyenbah Road, construct to sealed standard (jointly funded with Balonne Shire Council)
$785,000 Jobs Gate Road, reseal bitumen (jointly funded with Paroo Shire Council)
$710,000 Jobs Gate Road, rehabilitate pavement (jointly funded with Paroo Shire Council)

Investments (interactive)

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

Map

^{Image: Balonne Highway (St George - Bollon), construct heavy vehicle breakdown facility. Shows work underway on the construction of a new heavy vehicle breakdown facility on the Balonne Highway in St George.}

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.}