LOGAN City Council has identified 44 candidate roads that form a ‘statement of intent’ for the programming of the city’s future road and drainage works.
Roads and water chair Councillor Phil Pidgeon said what the SOI did was provide a plan that would give direction to the council when funds were allocated for roadworks.
“This is the priority list and the order that we want you to get it done in. A statement of intent is a clear public declaration of things to come,” Cr Pidgeon said.
The council has $5.9 billion dollars worth of roads, water and drainage infrastructure.
Cr Pidgeon said the city had 2053 km of sealed roads and 94km of unsealed roads, some well used and in good repair, others needing work.
He said the council spent $120 million a year on roads. Out of that, about $30 million would be spent on maintainence with that amount expected to increase as population and road use grew.
Cr Pidgeon said what the city needed was feeder and connector roads designed to bust congestion and improve driver safety.
Those that made the list included Loganlea, Goodna, Johnson, Park Ridge Road, Chambers Flat, Kenny, Waterford-Tamborine and Stockleigh roads.
The projects amount to about $1 billion in works expected to roll out over more than a decade ending about 2031 as funds become available.
They include a handful of ‘big’ projects like Park Ridge Road and School Road which would become a major east west connector road to Waterford Tamborine Road with four lanes of traffic and two of transit.
“No one knows what those transit roads will carry in the future,” Cr Pidgeon said.
“It could be buses, it could be light rail. Either way, it’s important for the future planning of the city to earmark those roads now. People need to know what they can anticipate and expect in the future. A lot of people are headed this way and what they need is surety.”
Cr Pidgeon said while the council lobbied State and Federal governments for road improvements like the six laning of Mt Lindesay Highway to Waterford Tamborine Road, it was important for the council to “stay on top of its own roads”.
“It’s no good the council lobbying the State and Federal government to improve their road networks if we can’t look after our own,” he said.
Cr Pidgeon said the statement of intent was important to the rural southwest, which will welcome populations the size of small cities to state government approved priority development areas which include Greater Flagstone, Yarrabilba and Park Ridge, Logan Reserve and Chambers Flat.
A report submitted by the road and infrastructure planning manager indicated the council had 11 separate SOIs relating to capital works and drainage programs.
The last updated in January, concentrated on the upgrades of major intersections, while the last for road capacity and safety in 2013, identified 15 projects. Six have been built or designed, one shared project with Brisbane City Council carried over to the new SOI while projects some projects are still progressing at New Beith Road, Chambers Flat Road and Edelsten Road.
The works would roll out out between 2021 and 2031 with some to come online in 2026.
The bulk of projects are in the divisions earmarked for future growth which are currently represented by councillors Pidgeon, Trevina Schwarz and Laurie Koranski.
A total of 28 of the candidate roads are external to but serve State government approved masterplanned developments and could qualify for funding as part of the State government’s draft Logan sub-regional infrastructure plan that is still to be approved.
The list
1. Division 6: Loganlea Road from University Drive to Queens Road to 6-lane arterial
2. Division 3: Loganlea Road from Queensland Road to the Pacific Motorway to 6-lane arterial
3. Division 7: Goodna Road from Thompson Road to Springfield to 4-lane arterial
4. Division 7: Johnson Road from Stapylton Road to Elliot Court to 4-lane arterial subject to funding from Brisbane City Council
5. Division 4, 6, 12: Wuraga Road from Prangley Road to the Beenleigh Beaudesert Road to 2-lane arterial
6. Division 11: Crowson Lane Extension from Greenbank Road to Teviot Road to 4-lane arterial
7. Division 1: Rochedale Road from Priestdale Road to Underwood Road to 4-lane arterial subject to funding from Brisbane City Council
8. Division 9: Kenny Road to Anzac Avenue from Chambers Flat Road to Logan River Bridge to 4-lane arterial
9. Division 11: Teviot Road from Crowson Lane Extension to Scott Lane to 4-lane arterial
10. Division 9: Park Ridge Road from Bayliss Road Extensnion to Chambers Flat Road to 4-lane arterial
11. Division 9: School Road from the Park Ridge Road Extension to 4-lane arterial
12. Division 9: School Road from the PRR Extension to Logan Reserve Road to 4-lane arterial
13. Division 9: School Road from Logan Reserve Road to Waterford Tamborine Road to 4-lane arterial subject to further feasibility studies including a new bridge over Logan River
14. Division 9: UA2 from Park Ridge Road to Koplick Road to 2-lane collector
15. Division 7: 15 Goodna Road from Middle Road to Thompson Road to 4-lane arterial
16. Division 1: Underwood Road from Rochedale Road to Logan Road to 4-lane arterial subject to funding from Brisbane City Council
17. Division 9: Chambers Flat Road from Logan Reserve Road to Kenny Road to 4-lane arterial
18. Division 4: Plunkett Road from Waterford Tamborine Road to Chardon Bridge Road to 2-lane arterial
19. Division 9: Logan Reserve Road to Beutel Street to 2-lane arterial
20. Division 7: Teviot Road from Middle Road to Greenbank Road to 4-lane arterial
21. Division 4: Menora Road from hein Road to Wurga Road to 2 lane arterial
22. Division 11: Scott Lane from Teviot Road to Greenbank Road to 2 lane arterial
23. Division 9: Chambers Flat Road from Park Ridge Road to Logan Reserve Road to 4 lane arterial
24. Division 11:Homestead Drive from Teviot Road to Wild Mint Drive to 4 lane arterial
25. Division 9:Stockleigh/Mollenhage Rod from the Waterford Tamporine Road to the Mt Lindesay Highway to 2-lane collector
26. Division 7:Crowson Lane from the Mt Lindesay Highway to Greenbank Road to 4-lane arterial
27. Division 11:Teviot Road from Scott Lane to Mountain Ridge Road to 4-lane arterial
28. Division 7: Stoney Camp Road from Mt Lindesay Highway to Teviot Road to 2-lane arterial
29. Division 4/9: Anzac Avenue from Waterford Tamborine Road to Logan River Bridge to 4-lane arterial
30. Division 11: Pub Lane from Teviot Road to Equestrian Drive to 4-lane arterial
31. Division 4: Hein Road from Stegemann Road to Menora Road to 2-lane arterial
32. Division 1: Ford Road from Priestdale Road to the city boundary to 2-lane arterial surject to funding with Brisbane and Redland councils.
33. Division 9: Chambers Flat Road from Kenny Road to Kings Way to 2-lane arterial
34. Division 4,11: Mundoolun Road from East Street to Green Ridge Road
35. Division 11: Johanna Street from Cusack Lane to Mt Lindesay Highway to 2-lane collector
36. Division 5: Scrubby Creek Road from Browns Plains Road to Anderson Street to 2-lane collector
37. Division 5: Prangley Road from Wurga Road to Bahrs Scrub Road to to 2-lane collector
38. Division 11: Cedar Grove Road from Mt Lindewsay Highway to Irwin Road to 2-lane collector
39. Division 4,6: Wuraga Road from Menora Road to Prangley Road to 2-lane arterial
40. Division 11: Millstream Road from Kurrajong Road to Cedar Vale Road to 2-lane arterial
41. Division 8: Park Ridge Road from Mount Lindesay Highway to the Bayliss Road extension to 4-lane arterial
42. Division 4: Bahrs Scrub Road from Pranley Road to Beaudesert-Beenleigh Road to 2-lane collector
43. Division 11: Cusack Lane from Henderson Road to Johanna Street to 2 lane arterial
44. Division 4: Charon Bridge Road from Plunkett Road to Beaudesert-Beenleigh Road including the Albert River Bridge to 2-lane arterial
