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In the 2022/23 financial year, numerous road upgrades will be undertaken across the Region including the following:
A budget of $1.8 million has been allocated to this project in 2022/23. The project will upgrade a 4km section of single-lane road to a two-lane road from the Toowoomba Regional Council boundary east.
This project is jointly funded by Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program (HSVPP) funding from the Australian Government and Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme (TIDS) from the Queensland Government.
It has been staged over two years with the concept and design work finalised in 2020/21 and the construction commenced in 2022.
April 2022.
October 2022.
A major link from Toowoomba to the Toowoomba Cecil Plains Road and to the Greater Toowoomba Waste Management Facility. These sections of road are in poor condition and are prioritised to be reconstructed as a major road link. Concept and design work commenced in 2021/22 and will continue in 2022/23. Construction, to be completed in multiple stages, is expected to commence in 2023/24.
$150,000 has been allocated to this project in 2022/23.
To be advised. Currently in design and planning phase.
To be advised.
$1.5 million has been allocated in the 2022/23 budget to rehabilitate the pavement and surface of a section of Jeffries Road.
Late 2022.
Early 2023.
Subsidised by the Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme (TIDS), this project will upgrade the remaining unsealed section of the Crows Nest Blackbutt link to a standard two-lane seal road. This project has been staged over multiple years with construction expected to commence in late 2022.
$2 million has been allocated to this project in 2022/23.
June 2023.
Allocated a budget of $2.2 million in 2021/22, this project to upgrade the Oakey Biddeston Road from the Warrego Highway to Oakey Creek is subsidised under the HSVPP scheme.
The project will include the reconstruction and widening of the existing road pavement and new culvert supply and installation. Concept and design work was finalised in 2020/21. Construction commenced in 2021/22 and will continue in 2022/23 with the final seal expected to be completed by October 2022.
January 2022.
The Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme (TIDS) - provides funding to local government for transport-related initiatives that support state government objectives.
The Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program (HVSPP) - is an Australian Government initiative to fund infrastructure projects that improve the productivity and safety outcomes of heavy vehicle operations across Australia.
