The Old Gympie Road corridor is a vital north-south arterial road that runs next to the Bruce Highway. Currently, about 20,000 vehicles use it per day. In the next few years, this number is expected to increase to 30,000 in the coming years.
The City plans to upgrade the corridor to futureproof against increased traffic and congestion while also improving safety for all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists.
Detailed design phase
In August 2024, Council awarded global engineering consultant Arup Australia a tender to design a 4.7 kilometre stretch of Old Gympie Road between Boundary Road, Dakabin and Anzac Avenue, Kallangur.
The design will include significant upgrades to the corridor to ensure it meets the needs of residents as the city grows. A completed design is due in late 2025 and a program of works will start after.
This detailed design project is a first of its kind for Council’s transport upgrades. It will bring long-term benefits to the community, including a reduction in costs, unnecessary works and disruptions.
View the project overview map(PDF, 4MB).
Project benefits
The project aims to:
- improve safety for road users and pedestrians
- reduce travel times and improve traffic flow
- create better and safer active transport options
- reduce the risk of flooding.
Project features
Key features include:
- road works to widen Old Gympie Road to two lanes in each direction (four lanes total)
- new traffic signals at 10 key intersections
- installing footpaths, on-road bicycle lanes and signalised pedestrian crossings throughout the corridor
- landscaping and tree planting along the median and verges
- improving street lighting along the corridor
- upgrading existing bus stops with new seating and shelters at some locations
- upgrading drainage and stormwater infrastructure along the corridor.
Project timing and staging
The detailed design includes the development of a construction staging strategy. The strategy will deliver works in progressive stages to minimise disruption to the community. The City will release the schedule on completion of the detailed design in late 2025.
Completed works
The City completed some project works before engaging Arup Australia.
Viney Avenue to Highet Street
Earlier works which included the removal of trees and fence relocation have been completed.
Overhead and underground service relocations started in early October 2024. These works include:
- installing underground power conduits
- installing new service pillars and underground power connection from the pillar to the meter box inside some properties (pillars are the green cases
- where the electrical wires terminate connecting a house to the power network)
- connecting streetlights to the new underground power network
- relocating power poles.
These works have been delayed due to the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred and are expected to be completed by mid-2025, pending weather and other unforeseeable circumstances.
Read the notice to residents(PDF, 824KB).
Community updates
We aim to keep the community informed and will work closely with impacted residents and businesses during the project’s delivery. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to the Old Gympie Road newsletter.