
Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) - Carseldine, Fitzgibbon, Taigum, Zillmere

Artist impression of the Dorville Road intersection
Brisbane City Council is pleased to share with you the detailed design for the Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road).
The Beams Road Upgrade will deliver important safety improvements for all road users, reduce traffic congestion and improve travel time and reliability. The project will also make it easier for people walking and riding to access local shops and nearby amenities.
About the project
Beams Road is an important link connecting communities and providing a commuter corridor to major arterial roads such as Gympie Road. Beams Road carries approximately 19,000 vehicles each day and is set to get busier with significant growth forecast in the Carseldine, Fitzgibbon, Taigum and Zillmere areas.
The Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road and Handford Road), will help ease congestion now and plan for future growth.
The Beams Road Upgrade is jointly funded by the Australian Government for $50 million under the Urban Congestion Fund, and by Brisbane City Council under the Better Roads for Brisbane Program.

Improve safety for all road users.

Reduce traffic congestion.

Improve Travel time and reliability.

Improve connectivity for people walking and riding.
Project features
The Beams Road Upgrade project design includes key features to deliver safety improvements and to reduce congestion throughout the corridor. These include:
- upgrading sections of Beams Road from two lanes to four lanes to create a consistent four-lane corridor
- upgrading the Dorville Road intersection with traffic lights, including pedestrian crossings
- widening the culverts and constructing a new shared path underpass at Cabbage Tree Creek
- upgrading the traffic lights at the intersection with Handford Road to improve safety to provide dedicated left-turn lanes
- installing new pedestrian-activated signalised crossings throughout the corridor to improve connectivity and safety for people walking and riding
- installing new traffic lights at the intersection with Cowie Road to improve safety for all road users and connectivity for people walking and riding through the corridor
- installing two new U-turn facilities at the Cowie Road intersection
- upgrading and installing new shared paths throughout the corridor to improve connectivity and safety for people walking and riding
- including wide kerbside lanes throughout the corridor for active transport users.

Artist impression of the new Cabbage Tree Creek shared path underpass
Next steps
Main construction works are expected to start late 2022. We will provide the community with more information closer to the start of these works. More information about planned future stages will be provided to the community as the project progresses.
Works are anticipated to be completed in the following staged approach:
- Stage 1 will upgrade the corridor between Handford Road and Dorville Road and will include new shared user paths extending from Handford Road to Lacey Road.
- Stage 2 will upgrade the corridor between Dorville Road and Cowie Road.
- Stage 3 will upgrade the corridor between Cowie Road and Lacey Road.
April project update
Upgrade works
Some upgrade works commenced near Cabbage Tree Creek in early May 2022. These works include upgrades to the public utility services along Beams Road near the crossing at Cabbage Tree Creek. Additionally, a signalised pedestrian crossing will be constructed at the intersection of Beams Road and Golden Place to improve safety at this location for people walking and riding.
The services upgrades will include relocating overhead power lines to the northern side of Beams Road at Cabbage Tree Creek.
Vegetation removal
To facilitate these upgrades, some vegetation will need to be removed between the Cabbage Tree Creek crossing and Handford Road. At the completion of the Beams Road Upgrade project, more than 500 trees and shrubs with additional groundcover will have been planted within the project area.
Work hours
Works for these upgrades will be carried out between Monday and Saturday from 7am to 5pm. To ensure the safety of road users, road workers and to minimise traffic disruptions, some of these works are required to take place at night when traffic volumes are lower. Night works, when required, will take place Sunday to Thursday 7pm to 5am.
Council will provide advanced notification of any anticipated out of hours works.
Impacts from these works
During the works, residents and businesses near the work area may, at times, experience:
- increased noise
- truck movements
- vibration and dust
- light from mobile light towers (during night works).
Newsletters and notices
Newsletters and notices
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Detailed design newsletter – May 2022 (PDF - 2.95Mb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Detailed design newsletter – May 2022 (Word - 1.17Mb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project update newsletter – April 2022 (PDF - 1.56Mb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project update newsletter – April 2022 (Word - 1.22Mb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project preliminary design newsletter – September 2021 (PDF - 1.17Mb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project preliminary design newsletter – September 2021 (Word - 2.01Mb)
Project plan
Project plan
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project plan - Detailed design – May 2022 (PDF - 6.75Mb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project plan - Detailed design – May 2022 (Word - 1018kb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project plan - Preliminary design – September 2021 (PDF - 754kb)
- Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road) – Project plan - Preliminary design – September 2021 (Word - 3.77Mb)
Artist impressions for the project
More information
If you have any questions about this project, you can:
- phone the project team on 1800 870 437 during business hours
- phone Council’s 24-hour Contact Centre on 07 3403 8888 outside of business hours
- email the project team
- use the online contact form to register for future project updates
- write to:
Beams Road Upgrade (Lacey Road to Handford Road)
City Projects Office
Brisbane City Council
GPO Box 1434
Brisbane Qld 4001.