Brighton Road Intersection Upgrades

About the project

We are installing traffic lights and signalised pedestrian crossings at the Brighton Road and Edwards Street junction. This will improve road safety and access through the junction for all road users. It will also improve access to local businesses, especially during peak periods. Project completion expected in the third quarter of 2024.

Following community consultation in March and April 2022, concept design was updated to retain the Pedestrian Actuated Crossing (signalised push-button crossing) on Brighton Road, south of Gregory Street. In response to community feedback, this crossing will be sequenced with the new junction to manage traffic flow. Please refer to the updated concept design below.

The updated concept design has been developed to address the project objectives, work within the site constraints and consider all relevant environmental, social, safety and economic factors.

This design aims to balance a number of factors including traffic performance, project cost and impacts.

This junction serves as the main access from Brighton Road to and from Brighton Central Shopping Centre and Hungry Jack's. People exiting Edwards Street can experience long delays, as well as a number of other key challenges including:

road safety issues at the junction, especially for local access (right turn movements)
local access reliability issues at the junction, especially during peak periods
local access and safety issues for pedestrian movements at the junction.

The design features include:

Signalised intersection to improve access to Brighton Road with increased safety and efficiency
Controlled pedestrian crossing to improve safety and access to shopping precinct
Dedicated right turn to improve access into Brighton Central Shopping Centre and traffic flow along Edwards Street
Retention of the Pedestrian Actuated Crossing (signalised push-button crossing) on Brighton Road, south of Gregory Street.

In response to community feedback, this crossing will be sequenced with the new junction to manage traffic flow. Please refer to the updated concept design below.

Please note this is an artist's impression for illustrative purposes only.

Download a copy of the Proposed Concept Design.

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Works are beginning to ramp up at the junction with night works continuing and day works as required until project completion (expected third quarter of 2024). Over the coming months, the temporary closure of Edwards Street at the junction of Brighton Road will be required to safely undertake the following night works:

Traffic signal conduit works on Edwards Street on Sunday 28 April and Monday 29 April 2024.
Drainage works and other roadworks including the installation of new traffic signals in the junction from Sunday 12 May to Friday 24 May 2024.

To keep you safe during these works, temporary detours will be in place at night. Please refer to the detour map for details.

Observe speed limits, detour signage, lane restrictions and traffic controllers when travelling through the area. Please plan ahead and expect some delays.

Some noise disturbance can be expected at times while these works are completed, however the work will be managed to minimise disturbance to nearby residents and businesses as much as practically possible.

Access to properties will be maintained throughout the works wherever possible, with advance notice provided if there is a need to temporarily restrict driveway access.

Local business access will be maintained at all times.

Brighton Road will remain open to traffic at all times with speed and lane restrictions in place while works are being undertaken.

Outside of working hours speed restrictions will remain in place.

Community Engagement

Engagement with the community will continue to be an important part of the project during the construction period. We look forward to keeping you well informed about the status of the project and minimising impacts as much as possible.

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