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New Bruce Highway safety upgrades

The Queensland Government has announced a package of four projects totalling $46.7 million for the Bruce Highway upgrade in Central Queensland.

The Queensland Government has announced a package of four projects totalling $46.7 million for the Bruce Highway upgrade in Central Queensland.The Queensland Government has announced a package of four projects totalling $46.7 million for the Bruce Highway upgrade in Central Queensland.

Construction on the package of four upgrades, which include widening and reconstruction of the road surface along stretches of the highway, as well as a number of intersection upgrades, is set to begin soon.

Projects included in safety upgrades include:

  • $5.2 million for safety works and an intersection upgrade at Atkinson Road, Raspberry Creek Road and Kooltrandra Road north of Rockhampton.
  • $32 million will be spent upgrading the highway between Bajool and Midgee (Rockhampton).
  • $2.8 million for safety and intersection upgrade at South Ulam Road (Bajool).
  • $6.7 million for widening, reconstruction and intersection upgrades from Miriam Vale to Bororen.

“Road trauma has increased nationally over the last 12 months, and the Australian Government is redoubling its efforts to save lives by investing $6.7 billion in upgrades along the Bruce Highway between 2013-14 and 2022-23,” said Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester in a statement.

Queensland Main Roads and Road Safety Minister Mark Baily also said in the statement that one of the simple, but effective way of making the Bruce Highway safer is by widening the gap between centre lines in places.

“Wide centre lines were introduced in Queensland in 2010, and data indicates a 43 per cent reduction in fatal and hospitalisation crashes where vehicles have crossed the centre line,” he said. “That’s why we are adding to the upgraded 711 kilometres of wide centre lines on the Bruce Highway so far.”

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