Goodwood Road – a Safer Road Sooner

Speed and red light camera fines will be invested in life saving safety improvements for Goodwood Road, Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Paul Lucas, announced today.

“We’ll be spending $1.2 million over the next two years to widen 22 kilometres of Goodwood Road between Mullers and Dellars roads.

“The work will involve sealing shoulders along narrow sections of the road and has been made possible by the Beattie Government’s $46 million Safer Roads Sooner program.

“Most of the funding for the Safer Roads Sooner program is coming from motorists who’ve been snapped by a red light or speed camera,” Mr Lucas said

Goodwood road is among 77 high priority projects worth $46 million approved by the Safer Roads Sooner Ministerial Advisory Committee chaired by Parliamentary Secretary for Main Roads, Andrew McNamara.

“Our primary focus has been projects with potential to reduce the state’s road toll.

“Goodwood Road has been the scene of a number of accidents with vehicles either running off the road or being involved in head on crashes.

“Widening the narrow sections is a part of our strategy for upgrading Goodwood Road.

"Over the last year improvements have been made to the southern end of the road near Childers, including 7.5 kilometres of shoulder sealing and the upgrade of the Goodwood Road and Bruce highway intersection." Mr McNamara said.

In all, a total of 261 projects have been made possible by the Beattie Government’s Safer Road Sooner program since beginning in 2005.

Professor Mary Sheehan from Queensland University of Technology's accident research group, CARRS-Q and the RACQ are among the committee’s panel of road safety experts and key project decision makers.

Mr Lucas said Goodwood Road had been identified as a priority by the Safer Roads Sooner Ministerial Advisory Committee after local representation from the Goodwood Road Action Group.

“Local communities are being given a say on how traffic camera fines should be spent for the benefit of all Queenslanders.

“Already on Goodwood road there have been improvements such as widening shoulders and clearing the roadside of weeds to improve driver visibility.

“The continuing upgrade of Goodwood Road is being made possible through the Safer Roads Sooner program, which aims to reduce Queensland's road toll through targeted investment in better road infrastructure.

“This program clearly demonstrates the money we take in fines from motorists who do the wrong thing on our roads is being invested to save lives and reduce the incidence of serious life changing injuries.

“More than half of the third round of Safer Roads Sooner is being spent outside of south-east Queensland,” Mr Lucas said.