The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) will provide restoration works as part of the South Coast Region’s Natural Disaster Program until late 2024.
Road restoration works will be delivered on state-controlled roads within the Scenic Rim Region. Working hours will be between Monday to Friday, from 6.30am and 5.30pm and will include earthworks, slope stabilisation, drainage, and revegetation.
Expected road restoration works until July 2024 include:
- Beaudesert–Beenleigh Road
- Tamborine–Mountain Road
- Tamborine–Oxenford Road
- Lamington National Park Road
Expected road restoration works until September 2024 include:
- Mount Lindesay Highway
- Boonah–Rathdowney Road
Expected road restoration works until October 2024 include:
- Cunningham Highway
- Mount Alford Road
Expected road restoration works until November/ December 2024 include:
- Rosewood–Warrill View Road
- Ipswich–Boonah Road
- Beaudesert–Boonah Road
- Warrill View Peak Crossing Road
TMR advised weather or site conditions can impact works, delaying start and finish schedules.
For the safety of road users and work crews, some night works, weekend or nightly closures may be necessary to progress restoration works. Road users are advised to follow directional signage and allow extra travel time. Priority access through the work zone will be given to emergency vehicles, where possible.
The recovery works are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Resilience works on the Mount Lindesay Highway and Lamington National Park Road are part of the 2021–22 Betterment Program to build back better and improve the resilience of the road network. The extraordinary disaster assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
The community will be notified in advance about the changed traffic conditions via electronic roadside signage, traffic alerts (to subscribed stakeholders via email and SMS) and on theQLDTraffic website and App.
To receive traffic alerts via email or SMS, please register by email southcoast@tmr.qld.gov.au or call 1800 709 045 (during business hours).
