Rockhampton Ring Road Share Their Views on the Design and Receive the Latest Project News
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Upcoming events TMR is conducting a series of public information sessions where community members will have the opportunity to Rockhampton Ring Road share their views on the design and receive the latest project news. Driving Central Queensland’s future May 2021 • Beef Week – Monday 3 May to Friday 7 May 2021, 8.30am – 5.30pm (Sidney Kidman Pavilion, stand SK54) Visualisation – Rockhampton Ring Road – bridging over Fitzroy River • Stockland Shopping Centre – Monday 10 May to Sunday 23 May 2021, 9am – 5pm (Thursday until 7pm) • Gracemere Shopping World – Tuesday 25 May 2021, The Rockhampton Ring Road is a major infrastructure efficiency and functionality, improved safety, increased resilience 9am – 4pm Saturday 29 May 2021, 9am – 4pm project within the Central Queensland region. It will to flooding, improved connectivity and accessibility, integrating environment and cultural heritage requirements and undertaking improve road safety and strengthen the region’s • Parkhurst Town Centre – Thursday 3 June 2021, additional site investigations to support the design. 9am – 6pm Saturday 5 June 2021, 9am – 4pm economy by improving freight efficiency, flood resilience and job opportunities. The project will During this phase, investigations will determine noise mitigation • Rockhampton Agricultural Show – Wednesday 9 June also strengthen connectivity between key and property access requirements, local road connectivity changes, to Friday 11 June 2021 (Walter Pierce Pavilion) employment, leisure, tourism and residential active transport (bike riding) facilities and confirm improved connectivity to important facilities within Rockhampton. growth areas of Rockhampton and the wider region. Key facts The Rockhampton Ring Road will provide a western link of • A new 14.7km ring road will be delivered with a total of 1 7. 4 km the Bruce Highway through Rockhampton extending from the Rockhampton Ring Road benefits of new road being constructed. Stay informed Capricorn Highway between Rockhampton and Gracemere in • 17 new bridge crossings, including a new 250-metre bridge the south, to Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road/Bruce Highway Improves safety crossing of the Fitzroy River. www.tmr.qld.gov.au/rockhamptonringroad intersection in the north and will include a new crossing of the Fitzroy River between Pink Lily and Kawana. • Key links into the city, improving connectivity to important Improves network efficiency Rockhampton facilities and services. [email protected] It will improve access to the city and significantly reduce • High level of flood immunity, similar to a 1 in 100 year flood congestion by providing an alternative route for heavy vehicles, Reduces peak hour congestion event and equivalent to 9.86m on the Rockhampton flood 1800 411 650* improving overall safety and amenity for Rockhampton. gauge in the Fitzroy River (a 1 per cent Annual Exceedance Probability). Reduces travel time • Travel time savings of up to 15 minutes by avoiding 19 sets Scan the QR code below with your phone Construction funding of traffic signals through Rockhampton. Improves ride quality • Two-lane highway between Capricorn Highway and West The Australian Government *Free call from anywhere in Australia, call charges apply has committed $800 Rockhampton Connection. Contributes to economy for mobile phones and payphones. Check with your service $1 million and the Queensland • Four-lane highway between West Rockhampton Connection provider for call costs. Government has committed and Bruce Highway/Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road intersection. Billion $200 million. Increases capacity Better road access Current status Mid-2020 to late 2020 2022 to 2026 The detailed design phase commenced in September 2020 Contributes to regional growth Concept design Proposed construction and is being delivered by Jacobs SMEC Design Joint Venture. Improves flood immunity The detailed design phase will refine the concept design Current status in consideration of further stakeholder consultation, traffic Late 2020 to late 2021 Detailed design Capricorn Highway FAIRY BOWER 3 N 2 Rockhampton– West Ridgelands Road Rockhampton High-level four-lane To Gracemere Nine Mile Road Pink Lily Road Connection roundabout Old Gracemere 1 Road Fairy Bower Road 4 Grade separated 5 with connectivity Rockhampton Ring Road under investigation 6 Milner Osborne Road Six Mile Road WEST ROCKHAMPTON Road Kahls Road Alexandra Canoona Road Street Edmistone Connection 7 Road Von Allmen 8 Dargel Road Road 9 10 Gracemere and Capricorn Hunter Street PINK LILY Highway WANDAL PARKHURST Connection Birkbeck Drive North Street Capricorn Highway THE RANGE Fitzroy River Wandal Road 11 Signalised four-way intersection including To Mackay, Wade Street Bush pedestrian facilities Townsville Crescent Lion Creek Road and Cairns Upper Dawson Road 12 Canning Street Alexandra Street Bruce Highway Campbell Street ALLENSTOWN McLaughlin 13 Fitzroy Street Boundary Street North Coast Rail Line Road Monier Road 14 Farm Street Parkhurst Connection ROCKHAMPTON CITY Glenmore RoadPARK AVENUE Richardson Road Nutall Street PORT CURTIS KAWANA To Gladstone and Brisbane Rockhampton– Yeppoon Road DEPOT HILL Bolsover Street Bruce Highway To Capricorn Elphinstone High Street Street Coast New bridges Key Rockhampton 1 Capricorn Highway 5 Six Mile Road overpass 9 Edmistone Road overpass 13 Boundary Road realignment Rockhampton Ring Road connection connection with high-level New roads and slip-lane bridge to Gracemere Ring Road upgraded local roads Nine Mile Road overpass Rockhampton–Ridgelands Four-lane bridge across Monier Road and rail State-controlled road Two-lane highway between 2 10 14 6 Road connection including the Fitzroy River overpass Capricorn Highway realignment of Osborne Road Key local road connection and West Rockhampton connection Airport 3 Rockhampton–Ridgelands 7 Milner Road overpass 11 Alexandra Street overpass Road overpass Health precincts Four-lane highway between West Rockhampton University connection and Bruce Nine Mile Road realignment Milner Road realignment McLaughlin Street overpass Highway/Rockhampton– 4 8 12 Industrial area Yeppoon Road intersection.