One of Brisbane’s most popular motorcycle roads up to Mt Glorious will receive major resurfacing plus the installation of motorcycle-specific lower rub rail barriers.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has today provided details of the proposed updates on the Mount Glorious Road and Samford-Mount Glorious Road Route Safety Project.
Work will be carried out along sections of Samford-Mount Glorious Road (between Dawson Creek Road and Mount Glorious Road) and Mount Glorious Road (between Samford-Mount Glorious Road and Wivenhoe-Somerset Road).
In the supplied images below, orange represents resurfacing, yellow is the installation of a lower rub rail on an existing barrier and red is a new motorcycle-specific barrier.
Rider concerns
The roadworks were first mooted in 2018 TMR when contacted members of the Motorcycle Advocacy Group (Qld) to advise they were starting design work on $11.3 million worth of roadworks projects in the Mount Glorious region.
Riders expressed concerns about the possibility of speed reductions and unsafe barriers in impending roadworks on Brisbane’s most famous motorcycling road.
There is no mention of further speed reductions in the proposed roadworks and the barriers are not wire rope as feared.
TMR has now completed surveying works, speed surveys and a preliminary assessment of options, taking into consideration crash history.
Proposed treatments for Samford-Mount Glorious Road include:
- Road resurfacing;
- linemarking improvements;
- safety barrier upgrades with motorcycle protection rail;
- road signage improvements; and
- minor vegetation clearing to improve sight lines.
We expect “linemarking improvements” to mean more double white lines, which could mean no overtaking along the entire length of the road.
Sadly, there is no mention of suggested turnout lanes for slow vehicles to allow for safe overtaking.
Detailed design for Samford-Mount Glorious Road is expected to be complete in July 2020, with construction to start in late 2020, weather and construction scheduling permitting.
Mt Glorious west side
Mt Glorious is glorious if the roads are in good repair!
TMR is also considering roadworks options for the western end of Mount Glorious Road between the Samford-Mount Glorious Road intersection and Wivenhoe-Somerset Road intersection.
Detailed design for this section is expected to start in August 2020.
Source: MotorbikeWriter.com