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Clem Jones Tunnel

Project overview*

EIS status Approved with conditions
Description A 4.8-kilometre tollway featuring two road tunnels linking the South East Freeway, Kangaroo Point, and Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba to the Inner City Bypass and Lutwyche Road at Bowen Hills.
Proponent Brisbane City Council. RiverCity Motorways was contracted to build, finance and maintain the project.
Location/s Brisbane. Map
Local government/s Brisbane City Council
Key features
  • two 4.8-kilometre, parallel, two-lane tunnels
  • 18 bridges
  • two ventilation stations
  • closed-circuit television monitoring system
  • three-storey tunnel control centre
  • thermal detection and fire safety systems

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

EIS process

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Last updated: 09 Nov 2021