Mount Lindesay Highway (Brisbane - Beaudesert), Johanna Street to South Street (Jimboomba), duplication
The Mount Lindesay Highway at Jimboomba will be upgraded to improve safety, reduce congestion and improve shared path connectivity.
ProcurementThe Mount Lindesay Highway at Jimboomba will be upgraded to improve safety, reduce congestion and improve shared path connectivity.
ProcurementThe Mount Lindesay Highway is being upgraded to improve safety and efficiency.
The Mount Lindesay Highway is one of Queensland's busiest highways. Currently there are between 25,000 and 45,000 vehicles per day using sections of the highway between Browns Plains and Jimboomba.
The 10-year strategic plan outlines the priority infrastructure projects for the Mount Lindesay Highway between 2018–2028.
Upgrade project | Status | Funding |
Mount Lindesay Highway (Brisbane-Beaudesert), Logan Motorway to Park Ridge Road, Combined Planning | ||
Logan Motorway to Middle Road | Currently in planning 2023-26 | $1.5 million |
Green Road/Coronation Road Interchange | Currently in planning 2023-26 | Combined |
Mount Lindesay Highway (Brisbane-Beaudesert), North Mclean to Jimboomba, Combined Planning | ||
Greenbank Road to Stockleigh Road | Currently in planning 2023-26 | $2 million |
Chambers Flat Road to Greenbank Road | Currently in planning 2023-26 | $1 million |
Stockleigh Road to Camp Cable Road | Currently in planning 2023-26 | $1.1 million |
Johanna Street to South Street through Jimboomba | Under review | $57.4 million |
South Street to Cedar Vale Road | Planning beyond 2026 | $1 million |
Cedar Vale Road to Beaudesert | Planning beyond 2026 | Unfunded |
Stoney Camp Road to Chambers Flat Road | Delivered 2023 |
$75 million |
Jimboomba to Beaudesert safety improvements | Delivered 2021-2022 | $17.137 million |
South Maclean safety improvements | Delivered 2020 |
$14 million |
Camp Cable Road to Johanna Street, Jimboomba | Delivered 2020 |
$19.6 million |
Rosia Road to Stoney Camp Road | Delivered 2020 |
$22.4 million |
North Maclean safety improvements | Delivered 2019 | $20 million |
Beaudesert Town Centre Bypass | Delivered 2017 | $27.5 million |
Camp Cable Road intersection | Delivered 2016 | $7 million |
Millstream Road intersection | Delivered 2015 | $2 million |
To improve safety and reduce congestion the Mount Lindesay Highway is being upgraded as funding becomes available. Find more information:
Pavement widening on the Barwon Highway has been completed to improve road safety, reduce ongoing maintenance demand and provide a better driving experience for road users in the area.
The department has delivered safety improvements on sections of the Beaudesert to Beenleigh corridor.
Beaudesert – Nerang Road, Yalkuri Drive and Willawong Crescent intersection has been upgraded with traffic signals to improve safety and operational functionality. This also includes on-road designated and shared bicycle infrastructure.
Major construction was completed for the Bruce Highway Upgrade — Caboolture-Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way project in April 2024. This project widened the 11km stretch of the Bruce Highway from 4 to 6 lanes between Caboolture-Bribie Island Road and Steve Irwin Way (Exit 163). This also included upgrading creek crossings to improve flood immunity at Lagoon, King Johns, Six Mile, Un-named and Beerburrum Creeks.
The department has built a southbound overtaking lane and fauna crossing at Smiths Gap on the Bruce Highway.
Upgrades to improve flood immunity at Jumper Creek, between Mackay and Proserpine are now complete.
The Bruce Highway upgrade project at Goorganga Plains and Myrtle Creek, near Proserpine, aims to plan and preserve the road corridor to enhance flood immunity and address access issues during wet weather events.
Safety upgrades have been completed to almost 20km of the Bruce Highway from Proserpine to Bowen, as part of the Bruce Highway Upgrade Program.
The department has delivered a planning project to investigate and prioritise upgrades to the Bruce Highway between the Pine River and Caloundra Road.
A total transport solution has been delivered to provide long-term improvements to traffic flow and road safety through reducing congestion, highway travel time and improving road access.
The Bulimba Peninsula Transport and Congestion Study identified community priorities to improve transport options and outcomes for the Bulimba Peninsula.
In October 2007 Transport and Main Roads (then Queensland Transport) engaged GHD to undertake a study to identify a rail corridor (for freight traffic) to connect the Port of Bundaberg to the existing rail network via the North Coast line. The study report determined that protection of the corridor within the local government planning scheme was not warranted at the time, and the project was closed.
The department has completed a comprehensive planning study into the 4 transport corridors linking Cairns to the Northern Tablelands.
3 high priority sections of the Capricorn Highway between Emerald and Alpha have been widened.
A pedestrian overpass over Elizabeth Avenue was installed to provide a safe crossing facility between Clontarf Beach State High School's main campus and Department of Education fields across the road.
Works were undertaken to upgrade the public boating facilities at Mission Beach Clump Point.
We have upgraded the park 'n' ride facilities at the Coomera train station.
A 3km section of aged, narrow pavement on the Cramsie-Muttaburra Road has been rehabilitated and widened, providing improved overtaking opportunities.
A major intersection upgrade to improve safety at the Cunningham and New England highways intersection is complete.
Eton Range fully opened to traffic on 1 October 2020. The existing range has been upgraded to 4 lanes, added a split carriageway for part of the range and reduced the grade to improve safety and efficiency.
Works have been completed to seal around 35km of the 185km road, improving safety, connectivity and wet weather access.
The department has delivered 9km of pavement strengthening and widening of the floodway along the Flinders Highway between Julia Creek and Cloncurry at Scrubby Creek.
The department has delivered 48km of new sealing along the Kennedy Developmental Road between The Lynd to Hughenden.
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) treatments on Kuranda Range Road have been installed. The Intelligent Transport System treatments will make it quicker and easier to manage incidents and reduce the risk of crashes.
The Six Mile Creek timber bridge on Kin Kin Road, 3km north of Pomona, has been replaced with a concrete bridge structure.
Construction is complete for safer pedestrian crossings in Maroochydore's entertainment precinct.
The Mount Lindesay Highway at Jimboomba will be upgraded to improve safety, reduce congestion and improve shared path connectivity.
Rocky Creek Bridge was replaced to improve safety, traffic flow, flood immunity and efficiency.
Construction is complete to improve safety on Ruthven Street in Toowoomba's south.
This planning project involved investigating ways to improve safety and efficiency on the New England Highway between Hodgson Creek and the southern side of Cambooya Connection Road.
The department has delivered pavement widening and resurfacing works to improve safety and freight efficiency on the New England Highway between Stanthorpe and Ballandean.
The upgrade of the New England Highway between Cooyar and Bum Bum Creek has been completed, delivering critical safety and efficiency improvements south of Yarraman.
The department has completed planning which investigated expansion of parking facilities at Northgate station in response to high demand for parking in the local area.
We have upgraded the car park at the Ormeau station park 'n' ride.
The Sports Drive to Gateway Motorway Upgrade is part of a rolling program of upgrades between the Gateway and Logan Motorways.
Safety improvements to the Ormeau Interchange (Exit 45) southbound off-ramp on the Pacific Motorway has reduced traffic on the M1 and Lahrs Road.
We have delivered an upgrade of the M1 between Mudgeeraba and Varsity Lakes to reduce travel time and congestion, improve safety, and increase traffic flow. Interchange enhancements have improved access on and off the motorway.
Construction to upgrade the M1/M3 Gateway merge to improve safety and reduce peak hour congestion was completed in May 2020.
The Pacific Highway (western service road) in Slacks Creek was realigned and upgraded as part of the Pacific Motorway, Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill Upgrade.
The Yatala South (Exit 41) interchange upgrade on the Pacific Motorway (M1) has resulted in significant enhancements to safety and traffic flow in the area.
Another 3km of the road has been sealed to improve safety and travel times on this key transport link.
This project upgraded about 4km of Rockhampton-Emu Park Road to improve safety for all road users.
We conducted a multi-modal study of the ongoing and increasing transport pressures relating to road, active transport and public transport modes in Brisbane’s inner south.
The Southern Freight Rail Corridor has been identified as a future route connecting the Western Rail line near Rosewood to the interstate railway north of Beaudesert. The Southern Freight Rail Corridor will serve as a major freight link connecting a future Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail line with the existing south-east Queensland rail freight network.
Construction is complete for the upgrade of the Strathpine Shopping Centre bus station.
The Townsville Ring Road Stage 5 project, a landmark initiative that has brought about substantial improvements in road safety, traffic flow and travel time predictability for both freight and passenger vehicles along the Bruce Highway in Townsville, has been completed.
The O’Keefe Street velobridge at Woolloongabba is now open.
This project is part of a state-wide strategy to help improve bicycle riding facilities and networks in Warwick to increase active transport.
Last updated: 6 November 2023