Roads and Traffic Master Plans
Cross Border Traffic Master Plan
Significant residential growth is anticipated within the suburbs surrounding the Queensland/New South Wales border, which when coupled with increasing traffic commuting between Northern NSW and the Gold Coast will place increasing pressure on cross border road connections in the future. In recent years there has also been an increasing trend for northern NSW residents to commute to/from the Gold Coast for work, shopping and recreation facilitated by improved road infrastructure such as the Tugun Bypass, Yelgun-Chinderah Bypass and the Banora Point Upgrade (currently under construction).
Tweed Shire Council in conjunction with Gold Coast City Council, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads commissioned Bitzios Consulting to develop the Cross Border Traffic Master Plan to identify what road upgrades are likely to be required an when between 2011 and 2031.
 Cross Border Traffic Master Plan (11.4mb)
Lower Tweed and Pacific Highway Traffic Master Plan
Since late 2000, the Tweed Shire Council (TSC) and Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) have been working together to develop and agree on arrangements for the connection of Kirkwood Road to the Pacific Highway (Tweed Heads bypass).
A wider area traffic assessment was undertaken to model the implications of the upgrade by both State and local government and to determine the interaction of the highway and local road network through any proposed interchanges.
More information is contained in the Lower Tweed and Pacific Highway Traffic Master Plan. The report describes the plan and the analyses that were carried out. A link to download this document (and other information) is provided below.
Lower Tweed and Pacific Highway Traffic Master Plan (29.8mb)
Community Update Flyer (October 2006) (208kb)
 RTA Pacific Highway Upgrade Website
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