Next phase underway for Gympie Road Bypass

Key investigations will soon get underway on the Gympie Road Bypass, marking the next stage of works on the Queensland project.

The Gympie Road Bypass Tunnel is a proposed seven-kilometre connection between Kedron and Carseldine and aims to reduce commuter times for travellers throughout Brisbane’s growing region. The connection will potentially provide increased productivity and efficiency for vehicles and freight.

This will be achieved by allowing motorists to skip 19 sets of traffic lights, therefore saving drivers up to 32 minutes per day.

Traffic and ecological surveys are underway and will help to inform the next stage of planning on the project.

Ecological surveys aim to identify and understand the flora and fauna species present within the corridor and inform environmental considerations and approval requirements.

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Traffic surveys will be conducted across more than 200 locations to develop a detailed understanding of traffic movements throughout the corridor and inform future planning to ensure the most efficient integration with the broader network.

This year’s Queensland State Budget included a $318 million commitment over three years to enable further work to undertake approvals and pre-construction investigations.

Member for Stafford Jimmy Sullivan said the project would provide significant benefits to local and visiting motorists.

“I’m very pleased to see work is continuing to survey traffic movements and environmental investigations along the Gympie Road corridor,” Sullivan said. ““Having tens of thousands of vehicles a day diverted through the tunnel means less congestion on our local streets and better travel times for our communities going about their daily activities.”

Gympie Road will remain as a free alternative for motorists with improved travel times to be experienced along the surface due to an estimated 40,000 vehicles per day using the tunnel.