Key state election promises: $7.1m announced for Tewantin Bypass

The Queensland government has committed to a $7.1m funding boost to get the Tewantin Bypass back on track while the LNP focuses on Buderim.

Queensland Transport Minister Bart Mellish. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

The Queensland government has committed to a $7.1m funding boost to get the Tewantin Bypass back on track.

Transport Minister Bart Mellish announced on Monday they would spend $7.1m on a design and business case for the Tewantin Bypass, Beckmans Rd following extensive delays.

The 2024 State Budget had already committed to $1.4m on the project.

Independent Noosa MP Sandy Bolton welcomed the announcement after she asked for the bypass to be fast-tracked in June.

“With stage one (1) at the intersection of Beckmans Road and Cooroy-Noosa Road already complete, this ‘fast track’ will mean once the detailed designs and business case are completed, we can get to construction funding stage,” she said.

“This is vital as I have raised previously, given not only existing congestion, but as well the projected population increases to the south and the visitations due to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”

Ms Bolton said she would like to see a similar commitment from the opposition.

Brent Mickelberg promised $15m in upgrades to the Mooloolaba Rd and Sugar Rd intersection on Monday, September 30, 2024. Picture: Liam Kidston.

LNP promises $15m for Mooloolaba Rd, Sugar Rd intersection

Buderim MP Brent Mickelberg announced on Monday a $15m commitment to upgrading a major Sunshine Coast intersection, if the LNP is elected later this month.

Mr Mickelberg said the upgrade to Mooloolaba Rd and Sugar Rd would help ease the congestion in the area.

“I have been fighting for this upgrade for many years. After agreeing that the intersection needed urgent work, Labor backflipped and cut the road project’s funding due to their own budget mismanagement,” Mr Mickelberg said.