ANOTHER $40 million has been earmarked for priority upgrades to Cleveland Redland Bay Road, bringing the government's total investment on the key Redlands connector to $110 million.
Roads Minister Mark Bailey joined Redlands MP Kim Richards last week to make the announcement while inspecting roadworks currently underway at the Anita Street intersection.
"This additional $40 million will allow us to continue the duplication north from Anita Street heading into Thornlands.
"We've already got shovels in the ground on Cleveland Redland Bay Road upgrades and this extra $40 million means will be able to extend that four-laning even further, alongside $9.1 million locked in for the Serpentine Creek Road intersection and another $500,000 to plan for the Boundary Road intersection," he said.
"In addition to duplicating from Anita Street, we are also moving south including upgrading the Double Jump Road and Serpentine Creek Road intersection too".
The $70 million previously committed will see 99 jobs supported, the Anita Street intersection upgraded, with works to roll on, delivering further duplication north of Anita Street when completed.
Ms Richards said the booming population in Redlands was expected to reach almost 200,000 by 2041, meaning funding on the road was vitally important.
She said she was seeing thousands of families moving bayside and even more tourists flocking to local towns and islands, putting pressure on roads.
In August this year opposition leader Deb Frecklington visited the Redlands and pledged to invest $40 million of additional money into the road and fast-track a further $60 million of investment that has been promised by Labor.
The commitment would fund the duplication of Cleveland-Redland Bay Road on the remaining two-lane stretches in Thornlands and from the Benfer Road junction south towards Boundary Street in Redland Bay.
Meanwhile Redlands LNP candidate Henry Pike, has called on Labor to postpone resurfacing works planned for the busy road next month.
According to Mr Pike night road works in late October will remove and replace asphalt south of Magnolia Parade, Victoria Point.
Mr Pike said the work could be a waste of taxpayer's money, as the LNP intended to dig up that section of road if elected, as part of a $100 million investment in duplication works.
"I'm asking the government to hold tight on this work until we see the result of next month's election."
"There's no point in resurfacing a road that may need to be completely redone within months."
The LNP has announced that the $100 million Cleveland-Redland Bay duplication project will be administered by a new Economic Recovery Agency which will be tasked with having tender documents out for the project within 100 days.
The Roads Minister said he could not give a completion date on the road works yet.
"The funding is locked in, and TMR is working on the detailed planning for those sections of the road before they can put a time frame on how long the works will take," Mr Bailey said.