The $257m Moggill Rd upgrade, in Brisbane’s south-west, is complete, with the corridor set to welcome free-flowing traffic this week.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said final line marking will be completed tonight (May 7) and the speed limit reverted to 60km/h overnight.
Lord Mayor Schrinner said the upgrade improved safety at one of the city’s most dangerous suburban chokepoints, which carried 55,000 vehicles a day.
He said more than 40 car crashes were recorded at the old Moggill Rd and Coonan St roundabout between 2013 and 2020, with 13 resulting in hospitalisations and 23 requiring medical treatment.
“The Moggill Rd Corridor is one of Brisbane’s busiest road corridors and this upgrade was critical to improving safety and reducing congestion in the western suburbs.”
Lord Mayor Schrinner said a team of more than 3500 workers spent almost 500,000 hours delivering the upgrade, which replaced the notorious Indooroopilly Roundabout with a new overpass.
He said the upgrade also featured a new shared path for cyclists and pedestrians.
“The project withstood worldwide challenges such as a global pandemic, labour shortages, supply chain crisis, the 2022 flood, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and unmapped utility services.”
Fast facts
- 22,500 tonnes of concrete used.
- 1440 tonnes of reinforced steel used.
- 117 pre-stressed concrete beams installed.
- Public utilities relocated as part of the project include:
- 3.5 km of new Telstra cables.
- 2.5 km of new drainage pipes.
- 1 km of new sewer pipes.
- 3 km of new water pipes.
- 2 km of underground Energex cabling.
- 2.2km of ITS network.
