Brand Highway Intersection Improvement Works - Barrett Drive and Lockyer Road

NOVEMBER 2020

On 28 October 2020, State Transport Minister, Rita Saffioti, announced $2 million of State Blackspot funding to undertake safety improvements at the intersection of Brand Highway and Barrett Drive.

Improvements include: Construction of a separate left turning lane

southbound off Brand Highway into Barrett Drive;

Widening the intersection of Brand Highway and Barrett Drive;

Extending the dual southbound lanes on Brand Highway past Lockyer Road and moving the merge point past the Lockyer Road intersection;

Improvements at the Brand Highway and Lockyer Road intersection; and

Construction of new medians and island treatments.

What is happening now? Given the crash history and the expected traffic increases during the upcoming Christmas holiday period, as of Wednesday 11 November, Main Roads has temporarily restricted right turn movements into and out of Barrett Drive. This change will remain in place until project completion.

Funded by the State Governments’ Black Spot Program, this $2 million project will improve road user safety

along Brand Highway in Wandina.

Utility relocation In preparation for construction, Main Roads is relocating the existing underground utilities during December and January, with minor impacts to road users.

Construction works Construction work will commence in February 2021 and take approximately three months to complete. Click on the video below to find out more about improvements Main Roads are making.

Benefits Improve safety to reduce the likelihood and

severity of crashes; Improve traffic flow during peak travel

periods; Left turning lane into Barrett will allow clearer

visibility for turning traffic; Intersection widening will improve safety of

truck movements from Barrett Drive onto Brand Highway;

The relocation of the merge point past Lockyer Road will provide safer turning movements into and out of Barrett Drive; and

New median and island treatments to separate traffic.

Impact to road users To ensure the safety of workers and road users, from February 2021 until project completion, Barrett Drive will be closed with detours in place.

There will also be some minor impacts to road users on Brand Highway and those accessing Lockyer Road, with some periodic road or lane closures.

Further information To find out more about the project, visit the Main Roads website, where you can subscribe for project updates.

You can also call our Customer Information Centre on 138 138.