A 4000-house project at Redland Bay would help unclog jammed roads, according to the developer.
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Shoreline spokesman Garry Hargrave said his project would "unclog" the local roads and offered the "only solution" to the traffic problem.
Mr Hargrave said Shoreline developers, Fox and Bell, would contribute to improving seven intersections where the housing project would increase traffic by more than 5 per cent.
Three of those intersections are at Giles Road, Boundary Street and Double Jump Road at Redland Bay.
However, he said none of the road works would include making Redland Bay Road a dual carriageway and would only consist of adding dual stand-up (waiting) lanes at seven intersections along the busy road, the main connection between Redland Bay and Cleveland.
Fox and Bell said they would "remove the steep hills and dangerous sections" over 3km of Serpentine Creek Road, and would rebuild Scenic Road at an estimated $40m cost.
Fox and Bell also requested the state government reduce the speed limit along Cleveland-Redland Bay Road from 90km/h to 80km/h.
Despite the forecast traffic statistics, another Shoreline traffic report, from Holland Traffic Consulting, said Main Roads Department had no plan to upgrade Serpentine Creek Road, as there were insufficent traffic volumes.
Premier Campbell Newman, in Capalaba on Friday, could not promise state funding to upgrade the roads around the development, but he disagreed with claims Cleveland-Redland Bay Road would not be widened in the next 10 years.
"If we are re-elected, we will release some assets and create 25,000 new jobs and invest $8.6billion in infrastructure and every community will have an opportunity for their local council or MP to lobby for that funding."
Mr Newman's comments were in direct conflict with those made by Redlands MP Peter Dowling in March, when he said the state had no long-term budget commitment to upgrade to four lanes Cleveland-Redland Bay Road or Serpentine Creek Road before 2025.
Springacre and Double Jump roads, both used as rat runs, would also be affected but an analysis for future works was yet to be done and depended on what council decided when it completed is town plan, Mr Hargrave said.
Residents have until Friday, November 28, to submit their views on the development, which Mr Hargrave said was expected to have the first houses built by October.
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