QUEENSLAND Infrastructure Minister Cameron Dick has responded to a petition with over 1000 signatures calling for a second access road to Flagstone.
Flagstone resident Chris Spruce submitted a petition with 1047 signatures last month calling for infrastructure investment to catch up with the rising tide of residential development.
"As the Flagstone community develops, the community is concerned about increasing congestion and potential safety issues in the event of a natural disaster like bushfire or floods," the petition states.
Currently, Homestead Drive is the only road linking to the Flagstone community.
Mr Spruce is worried residents would struggle to evacuate the area in the event of a natural disaster.
He called for a second access road to connect Flagstone to New Beith Road.
Infrastructure Minister Cameron Dick said the issue was of importance to the community as Economic Development Queensland was in the process of assessing a PEET development application for 1650 new lots in Flagstone.
"EDQ is currently working with the developer to identify a suitable access into their site which reduces pressure on Homestead Drive and identifies emergency access," he said.
"Ongoing discussions are being held with the developer with a view of bringing forward construction of the alternative access road as soon as practicable.
"EDQ anticipates it will be in a position to provide this advice in the first half of 2019."
Mr Spruce told the Jimboomba Times it was not the response he wanted.
"It was a little bit disappointing," he said.
"The letter does not explain whether or not it is viable. If they say it is not viable I will have to up the ante.
"It is a hard one but we will get there."
Mr Spruce said he would be writing to EDQ and PEET with the hope of working towards an outcome.
The need for an alternative access road to Flagstone will be on the agenda at a Logan Country Safe City meeting at Jimboomba Police Station on Thursday, March 28.
Logan Country Safe City chairman David Kenny said aside from the threats posed from natural disaster, Homestead Drive was turning into a traffic bottleneck.
"There must be enough people in Flagstone to warrant more access out of there," he said.
"It would also probably take some vehicles off the Mount Lindesay Highway and go through to Teviot Road.
"If we have a flood next week they will all be cut off at Flagstone."
Flagstone is expected to accommodate 120,000 people in 50,000 dwellings when fully developed,