General News
26 June, 2025
Kuranda Range revival
REPAIRS to the Kuranda Range Road are finally taking shape, with significant progress being made at two sites that suffered extensive landslips during extreme weather events in December 2023.
At the slip near the Henry Ross Lookout, a gabion basket (a cage containing rocks or concrete) retaining wall construction has been completed.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads says pavement reinstatement and guardrail works will now follow.
At the slip below the Henry Ross Lookout platform, clearing has been completed, allowing for the installation of anchor points for abseiling worker access to the downslope.
Large landslips around the Streets Creek area are also being targeted, with soil nail installation works and gabion basket retaining wall construction now underway.
At other major landslip sites, slope stabilisation has been completed at one of the upslope sites, which required over 500 lineal metres of soil nails and about 500 square metres of high tensile steel mesh.
Before the mesh installation, a native seed mix of hydromulch was applied to the slope, so road users may notice plants beginning to germinate over the coming months.
