General News
21 January, 2025
Beaches link started
WORK has started on a $10m road linking Trinity Beach and Trinity Park.
Responding to the increasing development within and around both Trinity Beach and Trinity Park (including Bluewater), Cairns Regional Council has approved a $9.65m project to connect the northern and southern sections of Navigation Drive.
A council spokesman said the new two-lane inter-suburban connection would link Trinity Beach Rd and the Bluewater development to Reed Road in Trinity Park. It is expected to be completed by December.
“Identified by the council’s LGIP (Local Government Infrastructure Plan) as being needed by the end of 2025, the link will include a central road median and a roundabout at Shipmate Drive,” he said.
“The project will also include a significant number of trees, grassed areas, landscaping, footpaths (which will form part of the Northern Beaches Leisure Trail), street lighting and major drainage works.”
Deputy mayor Brett Olds, who represents the area, told last month’s council meeting that all stakeholders had been “waiting for this for a while”. It had been identified as a priority in the last term of the old council. He said it would make it safer for cyclists, especially children.
