WORK on a Redland Bay intersection labelled dangerous by residents is set to begin during the next phase of the state government's $60 million Cleveland-Redland Bay Road upgrade.
Locals have spent more than 15 years campaigning for upgrades to Anita Street and ramped-up calls in 2014 after a motorist died 500 metres from the intersection.
According to the state government plan, work on the street is due to begin in late August and will include the installation of new traffic signals and turn Anita Street into four lanes in a northward direction.
It comes after an additional $15 million was secured for the upgrades as part of the state government's COVID-19 roads stimulus package, bringing the total investment in Cleveland-Redland Bay Road to $60 million.
Redlands MP Kim Richards said the upgrade was about making the road safer for the 200 people that called Anita Street home and the thousands of motorists who travelled through the intersection each day.
"Right now we're upgrading the road between the Boundary Road roundabout and Magnolia Parade, and I'm glad to see we're getting stuck into the phase of upgrades here at Anita Street," she said.
"Investing in Redlands infrastructure also means creating Queensland jobs, with close to 100 on the cards as part of this multi-million investment."
Ms Richards said other upgrades to Anita Street would include footpath improvements, a pedestrian crossing and provisions for bike riders that are hoped to make accessing the nearby bus stop safer.
She urged people to drive to road conditions as traffic control could be in place when work begins.
A starting date has been set down for late August, weather permitting.
A project design is set to be completed in the coming months.
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