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KINGSFORD SMITH DRIVE UPGRADE PROJECT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... 2
STAKEHOLDER NEEDS................................................................................................ 2
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN................................................................................................. 3
Design Option 1....................................................................................................... 7
Design Option 2....................................................................................................... 8
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................. 9
Six Lanes Open To Traffic...................................................................................... 10
Pedestrian and Cycle Facilities..............................................................................10
Consolidation of Bus stops.................................................................................... 11
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................ 11
REFERENCES............................................................................................................ 12

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INTRODUCTION
This report is about the assessment of the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade by discussing its
stakeholder needs, conceptual design process, and system requirements. Kingsford Smith Drive
is a primary road in Brisbane linking the Australia TradeCoast area, Northshore Hamilton, Port
of Brisbane, Airport and Brisbane Central Business District. Kingsford Smith Drive was named
after Charles Kingsford Smith which was the aviator and is one of the busiest roads in Brisbane
carrying approximately 61,773 vehicles daily. The Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade includes the
widening of roads to six lanes from the initial four. This was done between Cooksley Street,
Eagle Farm, and Theodore Street, Hamilton. The project also involves improvement works
between Breakfast Creek Road and Cooksley Street.
STAKEHOLDER NEEDS
The major stakeholders in the design and construction of the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade
project include the Brisbane City Council, Australian Government, contractors, the investors, the
local population of Brisbane, and suppliers of construction materials. The needs of Brisbane City
Council as a stakeholder in the project include to expand one of the most significant traffic
corridors in Brisbane, create an entry statement to Brisbane, cater for future increase in bus
services along the corridor, improve public transport with bus stops intended, provide active
transport option for current residents, provide substantially improved cycle and pedestrian
facilities (Anonymous, 2020).
The needs and expectations of the local population living in Brisbane who are basically road
users include a reduction in traffic in Brisbane, increased bus services along the corridor in
future, improved public transport with various bus stops, provision of active transport option for
current to enable effective movement to work, and provision of a substantially improved cycle

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and pedestrian facilities. The needs of investors and contractors as one of the stakeholders is to
improve their income through investing in the project, deliver required construction materials,
timely project delivery, and to deliver the project according to the required design specifications
(Anonymous., 2020).
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
The planning process for the project upgrade started in 2008 and the first project stage widened
the current road between Theodore and Harvey Street to six lanes from four lanes in 2011. The
planning for the second stage of the project to upgrade the road to Cooksley Street from
Theodore was unveiled in 2013 January (Anonymous.., 2020). The new reference designs of
the planned upgrade were disclosed by the Brisbane City Council in 2015 March. The proposed
conceptual design specifications of the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade project include:
Consolidation of bus stops enabling the majority of stops to be indented out of traffic lanes. The
bus stopping zones are expected to have sufficient bus stopping zones within the streets of bus
stops. The bus stopping zone is the space required for buses to stop safely (Rocktown, 2020).
The distance includes the exist that bus stopping zone to reenter traffic, stop passengers to the
curb to unload and load, and the maneuvering space needed for the bus with bus bicycle rack
fully extended to enter the bus stopping zone.