Scheduled night closures will be required on Kuranda Range Road from Sunday 18 October to Thursday 10 December 2026, weather and site conditions permitting. The road will be fully closed during the scheduled closure hours.
Full road closures are necessary to safely complete the remaining reconstruction works at sites damaged by Tropical Cyclone Jasper. These works cannot be completed under single-lane closures or with long traffic holds. During each scheduled closure:
Once night works are completed, Kuranda Range Road will be open to undisrupted two-way traffic over the busy school holiday and Christmas period.
Significant progress has been made in restoring the Kennedy Highway (Kuranda Range Road) to its pre-event function following Tropical Cyclone Jasper in December 2023 and the North and Far North Tropical Low in February 2025.
A total of 32 sites damaged during Tropical Cyclone Jasper have been stabilised on the Kennedy Highway, with 27 of these on Kuranda Range Road.
This includes stabilising an 11m-high downslope slip, near the Henry Ross Lookout, with two-way traffic restored on this section.
A further 10 sites identified for repairs from the February 2025 weather event. Repairs have been completed at 7 sites.
Betterment works to improve drainage at 2 locations have also been completed.
Completed works include geotechnical treatments such as soil nailing, erosion control-mesh and gabion baskets, along with reshaping embankments, clearing table drains and removing loose materials.
Scheduled night closures, including the full road closure, will conclude on 10 December 2026.
Works will pause from Friday 18 December 2026 and recommence on Monday 11 January 2027.
The recovery works are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Reconstruction works are continuing at the remaining sites damaged by Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
Work is underway at 3 downslope sites and 1 upslope site. Most reconstruction works on Kuranda Range Road are expected to be completed by late 2026, subject to site and weather conditions.
Of the sites identified following the February 2025 weather event, work at the remaining 2 sites is expected to start early 2027. This timing will help limit travel delays associated with multiple work sites operating at the same time and is subject to site and weather conditions.
1 site from each weather event has been removed from the reconstruction scope and will be addressed through future planned works.
SEE Civil Pty Ltd is delivering the reconstruction works associated with Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
Last updated: 8 October 2026
More than 1400 projects are underway to restore roads across Queensland damaged by floods and bushfires. Communities are being reconnected and regional economic recovery is being supported following damage to the state-controlled road network in 2020–26.
The Queensland Government has made significant progress in repairing roads damaged by Tropical Cyclone Jasper in December 2023 and the North and Far North Tropical Low in February 2025.
