NEARLY $50 million will have been invested in upgrading Waterford-Tamborine Road when further widening works have been completed, Logan MP Linus Power says.
Earlier this month, Mr Power announced that the road would be soon widened to four lanes from North Street to Anzac Avenue, joining up with a previously widened stretch from Anzac Avenue to Hotz Road.
"This will reduce the congestion that used to back up as far as Stegemann Road by, we are told, 80 per cent, and that will make for a smoother and safer journey home."
It brings the total amount invested in Waterford-Tamborine road in the past few years to $47 million. This also included an upgrade to the North Street intersection.
Works have been ongoing since late 2016. Mr Power could not give a date for completion of the latest widening project.
He said road safety was vital and nothing was more important than investment in Waterford-Tamborine Road.
"For so many of us road safety is not an academic issue," he said.
In 2018, Waterford-Tamborine Road made the RACQ's list of high risk roads after 109 crashes and four fatalities in four years.
Logan Country Safe Cities Group chairman David Kenny said bottle-neck conditions would still occur at either end of the four-lane sections.
"There has been (millions) spent and it still doesn't reach Yarrabilba," he said.
He said the state government had taken a piecemeal approach and infrastructure was still not ready for growing populations in areas like Yarrabilba and Flagstone.
"There's no plan for Logan."
The latest upgrade announcement came after traffic lights at North Street were switched on in August.
The works were the final stage of a state government project to upgrade four Waterford-Tamborine Road intersections between Logan Village and Yarrabilba.
"The intersection upgrade supported more than 70 jobs during construction and feedback from residents is that the area a lot safer for residents, school children and drivers," Mr Power said.
Mr Kenny said a host of new lights along Waterford-Tamborine Road were good for safety but had increased congestion.
