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I am pleased to present the detailed design for Stage 1b of the Wynnum Road corridor upgrade. This corridor provides a crucial link to the bayside suburbs of Brisbane.

The Stage 1b upgrade will provide interim measures to improve traffic efficiency and safety along the corridor between Canning Bridge and Riding Road in Norman Park/Morningside. It will complement the larger Stage 1 project, which will see Lytton Road in East Brisbane widened from four to six lanes by 2020.

The Wynnum Road corridor is a key arterial road for Brisbane’s eastern suburbs and carries more than 56,000 vehicles per day. Both Stage 1 and 1b projects are part of my investment to attack congestion, which will see more than 90 congestion-busting suburban road projects delivered across the city, getting residents home more quickly and safely.

Key features of Stage 1b’s design include rationalising bus stops, intersection improvements at Norman Avenue, removing non-critical right-turn movements at side streets and extending the existing bus jump lane between Hipwood Street and Hawthorne Road, through to Bennetts Road. A project plan showing the design for Stage 1b is provided in this newsletter. Thank you to those who provided feedback to Brisbane City Council on the project when the preliminary design was released for comment in June this year.

Stage 1 of the upgrade, due to start works early next year, will reduce travel times for all vehicles (including buses) by 50% between Latrobe Street and Canning Bridge, during peak periods. It will deliver important public and active transport infrastructure

including indentation of bus stops as well as cyclist and pedestrian pathways. It will also provide crucial safety improvements by widening traffic lanes to the appropriate standard, removing unsafe right-turns and upgrading the Heidelberg Street intersection. There have been more than 53 recorded accidents in a five-year period in this part of the road, including 27 that required medical treatment and/or hospitalisation.

Stage 1 is currently in the tender evaluation phase with the main contractor expected to be confirmed in late 2017. Land acquisition is also complete with remaining properties gazetted by the State Government into Council’s ownership in late October 2017. Buildings have started to be removed from properties acquired by Council to facilitate the upgrade. These removal works will continue for the remainder of the year in preparation for site establishment and construction works to start early next year.

Council will continue to update the local community on these activities and what to expect during construction of Stage 1 and Stage 1b in the coming months.

I look forward to delivering these important road upgrade projects for the community, to improve safety, travel times and road capacity in one of our busiest road corridors.

Graham Quirk Lord Mayor

Timing for both projects Stage 1

Phase Start date Completion date

Concept design Completed mid-2015

Detailed design Completed mid-2016

Land acquisition Completed late 2017

Preparation works Late 2017 Early 2018

Construction Early 2018 Early 2020

Stage 1b

Phase Start date Completion date

Preliminary design Completed mid-2017

Detailed design Completed mid-2017

Construction Early 2018 Early 2020

NB: The above dates are subject to change as the project progresses. Timing and scope of future stages have not yet been determined.

For more information To find out more about this project, you can:

phone the project team on 1800 884 681 visit brisbane.qld.gov.au and search (during business hours) ‘Wynnum Road corridor upgrade’

write to: phone Council on 3403 8888 (outside of business hours) Wynnum Road corridor upgrade project team

City Projects Office, Brisbane City Council email cityprojects@brisbane.qld.gov.au GPO Box 1434, Brisbane Qld 4001

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Stage 1 update

Stage 1 of the upgrade, due to start works early next year, is currently in the tender evaluation phase with the main contractor expected to be confirmed in late 2017.

Council has started to remove buildings along Lytton Road that have been acquired by Council to facilitate the upgrade. These removal works will continue for the remainder of the year in preparation for site establishment and construction works to start early next year.

Works to prepare three fig trees and six palm trees in Mowbray Park to be relocated as part of the project are now underway. The trees will be relocated elsewhere in the park next year by a specialist landscape contractor. In addition, fig trees will be planted as part of the project to re-establish the tree-lined frontage of the park.

The project team has also designed the upgrade to protect the historic hoop pine and kauri pine located in Mowbray Park close to the new pathway along Lytton Road.

These works are part of Council’s commitment to ensure the character of Mowbray Park is maintained.

Council will continue to update the local community on these activities and what to expect during construction of Stage 1 and 1b over the coming months.

Above: Stage 1 artist impression of Mowbray Park at project completion

Stage 1 upgrade features

The Wynnum Road corridor upgrade Stage 1 involves:

• widening Lytton Road between Latrobe Street and Canning Bridge from four to six lanes (providing an additional inbound and outbound lane)

• upgrading the bend at Heidelberg Street by changing the curve to improve safety

• increasing road lane widths to 3.3 metres for the inside lanes and 3.7 metres for the outside lanes to improve safety

• r elocating and signalising the intersection at Laidlaw Parade and Lytton Road to provide access for local residents and provide a safe crossing point for pedestrians and cyclists

• impr oving safety and traffic flow by installing a centre median to prevent right-turns at private properties and at Stafford Street, Northcote Street and Walter Avenue

• rationalising and indenting bus stops within the project area to reduce the impact on traffic flow and improve efficiency

• pr oviding a designated three metre-wide, two-way off-road bike path between Mowbray Park and Laidlaw Parade, with a separate 1.5 metre-wide pedestrian footpath

• r emoving access to Eskgrove Street and Scanlan Street from Lytton Road to improve safety

• under grounding existing overhead service lines to improve amenity and safety

• installing up-lighting under featur e trees and the war memorial, and providing free Wi-Fi in Mowbray Park to improve the park’s amenity.

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For more information about this project, please call the project team on 1800 884 681, or email cityprojects@brisbane.qld.gov.au.

PROJECT PLAN Not to scale – November 2017

Stage 1b – Canning Bridge to Riding Road interim measures

Key features of the project include:

• upgrading the Norman Avenue intersection, including installation of a u-turn facility for eastbound traffic to travel westbound to support access to surrounding residential areas

• removing non-critical right-turn movements across Wynnum Road at Gillan Street, Norman Crescent and Overend Street to improve safety and traffic flow

• rationalising bus stops to reduce impacts on traffic flow from buses stopping and ensure an efficient bus network (the project plan shows the final locations of bus stops along the corridor)

• indenting the outbound bus stop at Norman Avenue to improve traffic flow

• extending the existing bus jump lane from Bennetts Road to Hipwood Street from Monday to Friday, 7am to 9am to improve bus travel times and service reliability

• improving the existing u-turn facility on Wynnum Road near Kingsbury Street to make it easier and safer for vehicles to turn around.

Stage 1b will be undertaken in coordination with Stage 1, which is expected to start in early 2018.

Community feedback

Below is a table outlining key feedback received from the local community on the preliminary design for Stage 1b released in June and Council’s consideration and response to this feedback.

Key community feedback Council’s consideration and response

Concern regarding the As part of the project, motorists will no longer be able to turn right across Wynnum Road removal of right-turns in into Gillan Street, Norman Crescent and Overend Street. The right-turns out of these and out of side streets streets will also be prohibited, making each street left-in and left-out only.on Wynnum Road and the

Council appreciates that local residents may have to alter their current routes to enter limited ability to safely their streets however as a key arterial route right-turns are considered unsafe and impact perform a u-turn. traffic flow along the corridor.

To assist with this change and provide safe locations for local residents to turn around and to access their streets, Council has updated the design of the project to include a u-turn facility at the Norman Avenue intersection for eastbound traffic and at the new Laidlaw Parade intersection (as part of Stage 1) for westbound traffic to travel eastbound. Council will also be improving the existing u-turn facility at Kingsbury Street near the Hawthorne Road intersection.

Concern about cyclists Stage 1b is an interim project to improve traffic efficiency and safety where possible and pedestrians using the along this section of the corridor until any future stages take place. Upgrading the shared shared path along this pathway along Wynnum Road between Canning Bridge and Riding Road is outside of its section of Wynnum Road scope, however it will be considered in a future upgrade. and request for upgrade.

Council is reinstating a small area of shared pathway next to the Norman Avenue intersection on the north side of Wynnum Road. This is to accommodate the intersection improvements being undertaken including the extension of the right-turn lane into Norman Avenue to improve safety for motorists turning into the street.

Concern with congestion While Council is not upgrading the Riding Road intersection as part of Stage 1b, and motorists blocking the a bus jump lane between Bennetts Road and Hipwood Street will be installed to Riding Road intersection. improve bus travel times. This bus jump lane will start on Wynnum Road on the

north-east side of the Bennetts Road and Wynnum Road intersection allowing the bus to enter its own lane, separated from through-traffic. This will have a follow-on effect, reducing congestion along Wynnum Road back to the Riding Road intersection.

The current queuing through the Riding Road intersection during peak periods is considered illegal and is a driver behaviour issue. As such, Council will investigate opportunities and State Government approvals to install signage and road markings to discourage drivers queuing through the intersection.

Land acquisition is required for Stage 1b, with partial acquisition proposed from private properties near the Norman Avenue intersection. Council is liaising with affected property owners.

Council will consider further major upgrades between Canning Bridge and Riding Road as planning along the Wynnum Road corridor progresses, however scope and timing of any future stages is not yet confirmed.