FNQ: Kuranda Range Road, Kennedy Highway - Tropical Cyclone Jasper Reconstruction Works
Source: Department of Transport and Main Roads (10.04.2025)
Reminder - Night closure schedule for public holidays
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) would like to remind road users of changes to Kuranda Range Road night closures during the Easter, Anzac Day and Labour Day public holidays.
TMR understands many road users travel during these holidays and have factored this into the reconstruction program.
- There will be no scheduled night closures from 4 am Thursday 17 April until 9 pm Sunday 27 April 2025.
- There is no scheduled night closure on Sunday 4 May 2025.
Night closures will continue as previously advised from Monday 5 May 2025 until December 2025:
- 9 pm to 4 am on Sunday to Thursday nights.
- No scheduled night closures on Friday and Saturday.
- Scheduled traffic let throughs from top and bottom of the range at midnight (12 am).
TMR will continue to notify road users of changes to traffic control and night closures.
For the safety of road users, traffic control measures and single lane measures will remain in place.
Night closures are necessary for certain reconstruction works to be undertaken safely.
Cancellations or continuations of night closures are not an indicator of reconstruction delay or progress. TMR reviews night closures regularly with the preference to open roads wherever possible or safe to do so. Where it is not safe or possible to open the road during ongoing works, night closures are continued.
TMR will continue to provide updates to road users based on the progress of works or where significant changes in site conditions, closures or traffic management are required.
TMR would like to remind road users:
- Stay alert, stay safe and drive to the conditions over the holiday period.
- At road work sites, please turn on your hazard lights at the back of queued traffic to warn approaching drivers. Remember - last in, lights on!
Site 1 (multiple slips)
Downslope slip, below Henry Ross Lookout
- Soil nails and shotcreting are in progress.
- Embankment excavation, soil nailing and further structural shotcrete to continue.
- Rockfill embankment works and gabion basket retaining wall installation will follow.
Site 2 (upslope slip)
Upslope slip, 300m above Henry Ross Lookout is now repaired.
Site 3 (multiple slips)
Streets Creek area
- Additional soil nailing and shotcrete works have been completed to stabilise the embankment.
- Rockfill embankment works will commence in April 2025 pending weather and site conditions.
Site 4 (multiple slips)
Approximately 1.2km above Henry Ross Lookout.
Upslope slip
- Vegetation clearing for works have commenced.
- Soil nail drilling and mesh installation to follow.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I find more information?
If you need further information about these works, please contact the TMR Cairns office by email at cairns.office@tmr.qld.gov.au, visit the project webpage Far North Queensland cyclone reconstruction works | Department of Transport and Main Roads or telephone 1800 187 937.
For up-to-date information about the state-controlled road network, please check the QLDTraffic website or call 13 19 40.
The recovery works are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
