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Tabled ©21 APR 2021 eytaeD MP: Queensland Clerk's Signature Government

Office of the Director-General Our ref: DG41424 Department of Transport and Main Roads 20 April 2021

Mr Jon Krause MP Member for [email protected]

Dear Mr Krause

Thank you for your email of 30 March 2021 about the planned upgrade to the at the Cedar Vale Road and Cedar Grove Road intersection, as part of the $14.4 million Jimboomba to Beaudesert Safety Improvements project.

Increased traffic movements on the Mount Lindesay Highway have resulted in motorists having limited opportunities to safely enter or exit the highway from Cedar Vale Road and Cedar Grove Road. Installing traffic signals at the Cedar Vale Road and Cedar Grove Road intersection will control the flow of traffic, ensuring that vehicles entering or exiting the highway are able to do so in a controlled manner, which will in turn significantly reduce the likelihood of traffic accidents and incidents.

The design of this intersection upgrade is in accordance with the Department of Transport and Main Roads' (TMR) Road Safety Policy, which states that 'unsignalised left-turn slip lanes should generally be avoided at intersections unless signalised with pedestrian protection'. Signalised pedestrian crossing facilities will be provided on all four legs of the intersection to support local foot traffic movements and upgraded public transport facilities. The speed limit on the approach to the Cedar Vale Road and Cedar Grove Road intersection will be reduced from 100 km/h to 80 km/h to provide a safer driving environment for motorists and allow enough time to navigate the traffic signals that will be installed.

The Cedar Vale Road and Cedar Grove Road intersection on the Mount Lindesay Highway has six recorded traffic accidents and incidents within the past five years, with all of these resulting in medical treatment or hospitalisation. Despite none of these six traffic accidents and incidents occurring from left turns onto the Mount Lindesay Highway, multiple incidents have occurred from motorists failing to give way while performing a right turn onto the highway and subsequently being struck by vehicles travelling on the near side carriageway (the lane closest to where the vehicle was giving way).

TMR is signalising this intersection for safety reasons under the High-Risk Roads (HRR) program due to incidents involving motorists entering the highway. TMR is also upgrading public transport facilities (bus stops) and as a result, needs to provide connectivity with pedestrian crossings. Therefore, in accordance with the Road Safety Policy, signalised controlled turn movements have been provided, as the policy states 'unsignalised slip lanes should be avoided'. There are also additional constraints in the corridor whereby providing slip lanes and acceleration lanes on the highway would require additional works (including drainage) and possible property resumptions.

1 William Street Telephone +61 7 3066 7316 GPO Box 1549 Brisbane Webette www.tmr.qld.gov.au Queensland 4001 Australia ABN 39 407 690 291 Preliminary assessments of the requirements to install left-turn slip lanes include additional property resumptions, service relocations and additional infrastructure at an approximate cost of $2 million, which is currently outside the scope of the existing safety project. The HRR construction funding allocated for this project provides a value for money safety solution.

I trust this information is of assistance.

Yours sincerely

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Neil Scales Director-General Department of Transport and Main Roads