Stage two of the Kennedy Highway safety upgrade has started, continuing the progress made on the jointly funded $37.5 million project between Mareeba and.
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Subscriber only A Palmwoods mother who kickstarted a campaign for safer roads in her community says she s fed up with political tactics at play . Jocelyn Anderson started a petition as a last-ditch effort to improve safety in what she says is a life or death situation in the small hinterland town. So far, Ms Anderson s petition has amassed 1198 signatures. The community s concerns over the road safety in the increasingly busy area prompted the Sunshine Coast Daily launch the Pave the way for Palmwoods campaign to fight for urgent safety upgrades. Sunshine Coast Daily s Pave the way for Palmwoods campaign.
Works to fix Tewantin s busiest intersection are expected to begin in late 2021 as part of a $9.8m bypass upgrade. The intersection upgrade of Cooroy-Noosa Road and Beckmans Road will include a new two-lane roundabout to improve traffic flow, particularly during peak periods. Noosa Council is delivering the project with the Department of Transport and Main Roads as part of the $400 million road stimulus package funded by the Queensland Government to supercharge the State s economy through the COVID-19 recovery. Earlier this month, Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart said the design work had identified the alignment of the junction between the two roads, allowing vegetation clearing and relocation of energy and water infrastructure to start.
A well-worn stretch of Coast road has finally received attention from the State Government with a potential upgrade on the horizon. Busy intersections at the Buderim-Mooloolaba interchange of the Sunshine Motorway are regularly backed up as peak hour drivers negotiate the bottleneck. Traffic statistics show 20,000 vehicles a day navigate the key interchange which includes motorway off-ramps as well as Mooloolaba and Sugar Roads. The government is investigating options for upgrades with $1.2 million to go towards looking at a number of congestion-busting solutions . Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said congestion was not uncommon at the interchange. Work needs to be done to unlock this critical link and improve efficiency and traffic flow for Sunshine Coast commuters, he said.