CONTROVERSIAL upgrades to Waterford Tamborine Road have fired up frustrated Logan Village residents who are calling for better planning and consultation.
Upgrades have included the removal of the North Street roundabout and installation of traffic lights and a proposal to widen Albert Street to four lanes from Anzac Avenue to Wharf Street.
The four-lane proposal includes installation of a median barrier which would block right-turn access to some Logan Village businesses including a medical precinct and Logan Village Hotel.
Two years after signing a petition with 1500 supporters calling on the Transport Department to prepare an overall plan to upgrade Waterford Tamborine Road in partnership with Logan City Council, Buccan resident Paul Casbolt said local concerns were being ignored.
"In March 2018 we even received a letter from the Minister for Main Roads and Transport (Mark Bailey) with a commitment to prepare an overall plan..." he said.
"What they have done is prioritise through traffic at the expense of local traffic.
"TMR appear to be indulging in piecemeal planning."
A Transport Department spokesperson said upgrades were needed to accommodate more than 19,500 daily vehicles travelling on Waterford Tamborine Road, according to the latest 2018 traffic statistics.
"TMR has sought community feedback on the interim solution to provide four lanes through the unduplicated section which is currently being considered.
"This interim four-laning concept aligns with both TMR planning for Waterford Tamborine Road and with Logan City Council's long-term vision for an upgrade of Waterford Tamborine Road to four lanes, and a Rail Trail/active transport link between Yarrabilba and Logan Village along the decommissioned railway spur line."
Mr Casbolt said the council's Logan Village Local Plan 2009-2031 recommended the construction of a service road to separate main traffic along Waterford Tamborine Road from local Albert Street traffic.
"All the businesses and residents had a reasonable expectation the council plan would be followed," he said.
"For council to claim they have changed their mind is not on."
A Logan City Council spokesperson said the Logan Village Local plan had been updated as it was initially endorsed prior to approval of the Yarrabilba Priority Development Area approval.
"This local plan has been superseded by the current Logan Village Local Plan 2015 which does not indicate the provision of a separate service road for local traffic," the spokesperson said.
Logan Village resident Wendy Duke said she struggled to see the benefit of existing and proposed upgrades.
"To be honest a double roundabout would have worked around North Street instead of traffic lights. Sometimes you sit there at the (red) lights and there are four lanes of traffic staring at each other not moving.
"It is also not reasonable or acceptable to create a traffic island in front of local businesses that have been established for nearly as long as I have been here, nearly 30 years."
Public consultation on TMR's four-laning proposal closed on October 11.