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Location
Adjacent to the Bruce Highway between Bana Gindarja Creek, Edmonton and Ruth Street, Woree
Timing
As of June 2025, works south of Caleb Shang Bridge, White Rock are complete. The section north of Caleb Shang Bridge is currently in planning and unfunded for construction.
Status
Planning
Cairns Southern Access Cycleway

Cairns Southern Access Cycleway, construct cycleway

The Department is progressively delivering a safe off-road facility for bike riders of all abilities, including school children and the bike riding and walking (active transport) community. The new cycleway delivers a direct and continuous route with limited intersections to encourage bike riders to use the off-road facility.

This project will bring important benefits to the active transport community by providing safer connections to several schools, businesses and shopping precincts south of Cairns.

The Cairns Southern Access Cycleway is now open for bike riders between Bana Gindarja Creek in Edmonton to Caleb Shang Bridge in White Rock. This provides a 16km uninterrupted cycleway to Riverstone Road in Gordonvale.

The remaining section of the Cairns Southern Access Cycleway (Caleb Shang Bridge to Ruth Street) is currently in planning and will complete the 20km continuous route from Cairns CBD to Gordonvale.

Currently, there is no funding for construction of the remaining section.

Benefits

  • Improves safety
  • Increases capacity
  • Improves network efficiency
  • Reduces peak hour congestion
  • Reduces travel time
  • Contributes to economy
  • Better active transport
  • Improves ride quality

Key features

  • Cairns Southern Access Cycleway is a new direct, continuous route with limited intersections to encourage bike riders of all abilities to use the off-road facility.
  • When completed, the Cairns Southern Access Cycleway will link together the existing cycleways creating a 20km continuous off-road shared pathway from Cairns CBD to Gordonvale.

Infrastructure naming

The department is proud to announce that the cycleway from Riverstone Road in Gordonvale to Ruth Street in Woree will be named The Luke Azzopardi Cycleway.

Mr Azzopardi was a Gordonvale resident who was well-respected and made significant contributions to sport and the community.

Funding

The project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments. Investment ID 1249733.

Total investment
$41.53 million
Australian Government
$33.22 million
Queensland Government
$8.31 million

Cairns Southern Access Cycleway, construct cycleway project overview

Video Description

An animation showing an artist's impression of the Cairns Southern Access Cycleway's route from Edmonton to Woree. 

The Cairns Southern Access Cycleway provides the link connecting southern suburbs to the city.

A safe off-road cycleway for bicycle riders of all ability with a separated pedestrian path and dedicated cycleway including school children and the active transport community.

Safer connections to schools, businesses and shopping precincts.

A direct and continuous route with limited intersections bringing benefits to riders and the active transport community.

 

Cairns Southern Access Cycleway location map

Artist impression of the Cairns Southern Access Cycle Location map

 

Last updated: 15 July 2025

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