WE asked the State Department of Main Roads to outline its past, current and future road projects in the Redlands. This has been edited to reflect common names of roads where possible.
Projects completed in the last five years:
* Duplication of Boundary Road from Panorama Drive to Cleveland-Redland Bay Road (3.4km) from two lanes to four lanes, with intersection upgrades. $21.5 million. Completed March 2008.
* Duplication of Redland Bay Road from Windemere Road to Vienna Road from two lanes to four lanes. $5.7 million.
* Two asphalt resurfacing projects on Finucane Road-Shore Street West from McDonald Road to Bloomfield Street. $3.9 million.
* Asphalt resurfacing on Cleveland–Redland Bay Road from Giles Road to Kidd Street. $1.06 million.
* Intersection upgrade at Redland Bay Road/Windemere Road/Vienna Road. $3.3 million.
* Intersection upgrade at corner of Birkdale Road and Old Cleveland Road East. $1 million.
* Intersection upgrade at Redland Bay Road/Mt Cotton Road/Lyndon Road/Duncan Roads. $1.9 million.
* Intersection upgrade at Birkdale/Badgen/Estelle roads. $1.1 million.
* Construction of auxillary lane along Cleveland-Redland Bay Road from Boundary Road to Island Lookout Avenue. $310,00 completed in 2003/2004.
* Miscellaneous works on Cleveland-Redland Bay Road at Island Outlook Avenue. $265,000, completed in 2004/2005.
* Intersection upgrade at Cleveland-Redland Bay Road/Thornlands Road. Island Outlook Avenue. $300,000, completed in 2004/2005.
* Intersection upgrade at Brisbane-Redland Bay Road/Redland Bay Road. $265,000, completed in 2004/2005.
* Intersection upgrade at Capalaba-Cleveland Road/ Finucane Road/ Elizabeth Drive/ Cambridge Drive. $340,000 completed in 2005/2006.
* Intersection improvements at Redland Bay Road/ Duncan Road/ Taylors Road/ Boundary Road. $196,000 completed 2007/2008.
* Traffic signal improvements at Capalaba-Cleveland Road/ Finucane Road/ Windemere Road and St Anthony Drive. Cost $400,000 completed 2007/2008.
* Asphalt resurfacing along Cleveland-Redland Bay Road from Long Street to South Street. Cost: $831,000 completed in 2003/2004.
* Programmed maintenance along Cleveland-Redland Bay Road north of German Church Road. Cost: $900,000 completed in 2003/2004.
* Asphalt resurfacing along Victoria Point Road from Cleveland-Redland Bay Road to Victoria Point. Cost: $800,000 completed in 2003/2004.
* Intersection upgrade at Cleveland-Redland Bay Road/German Church Road. Cost $560,000 completed in 2005/2006.
* Asphalt resurfacing along Redland Bay Road at Panorama Drive (inbound). Cost: $990,000 completed in 2005/2006.
* Construction of an additional lane on Cleveland-Redland Bay Road between Benfer Road and Clay Gully Road. Cost $850,000 completed in 2006/2007.
Projects underway:
* Duplication of Redland Bay Road from Vienna Road to Boundary Road (2.5km), with intersection upgrades. $18.6 million. Expected completion: December 2008.
* Installation of guardrails along Mount Cotton Road. $2 million. 80 per cent completed.
* Intersection upgrade at Mount Cotton Road/Seaview/Mount View roads. $3.5 million. 85 per cent completed.
Future projects:
• Main Roads is undertaking detailed planning and preliminary design for three major road upgrades to benefit Redland City, known collectively as the Redland Corridor Project. These projects will plan for upgrades to three sections of road — Mt Cotton Road, from Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Road to Tingalpa Creek; Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, from South Street to Boundary Road; and Mt Cotton and Duncan roads, from Tingalpa Creek to Taylor Road — to four-lane, median-divided standard.
• Ahead of these major projects, Main Roads will undertake intersection and safety improvements along these sections of road over the next two to three years, to target high-priority areas.
• In addition, Main Roads is spending $4.8 million on Safer Roads Sooner projects in Redland City over the next two to three years. These projects are funded in part by revenue from traffic camera fines and include intersection upgrades, installation of traffic lights and road safety improvements on a number of different roads.
Source: Department of Main Roads
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