Toombul
Toombul represents the eastern connection of the Airport Link project. On project completion in 2012, the Toombul precinct will be a vital gateway connecting motorists to the airport and Australia Trade 
Coast, and south-west to Brisbane’s CBD.
At the heart of the precinct is Kalinga Park – a popular parkland with community facilities and cycleways adjacent to Schulz Canal.
Kalinga Park will become a focal point in 2010 as the site where two of Australia’s largest tunnel boring machines will be assembled and launched to excavate the Airport Link mainline tunnel.
At project completion, Kalinga Park will be re-instated and returned to the community, with new BBQ facilities and children’s playground and enhanced waterway and pathways.
Community Notices
View notifications of current/upcoming construction work and traffic changes in the Toombul/Clayfield precinct of the project:
Please note: the below notifications apply to all precincts along the project corridor
Traffic Notices
The Widdop Street eastern and western footpaths will temporarily be disrupted in the coming weeks. Signage will be in place to direct footpath users to the opposite footpath.
Schulz Canal Pathway will be closed from 6.30am Monday each week. This footpath will reopen each Friday at 6.30pm.
Pathway used will detour via the Centro Toombul siganlised crossing.
Sandgate Road western footpath closed in mid-September 2009. Pedestrians are to detour via the eastern footpath at the Centro Toombul or Kalinga Street signalised crossing.
Click here to view map.
Kalinga Park Pathway between Diggers' Dve, Jackson St, Stuckey Rd, Sandgate Rd and Widdop St is closed.
Pedestrians and cyclists will detour via the Schulz Canal Northern Pathway and Sandgate Rd and/or Kedron St and Kalinga St. View community notice and map.
Construction in Toombul
Three key work sites have been established in the Toombul precinct enabling construction and on-site management of the Toombul connection to Airport Link:
Centro Toombul overflow car park (site offices), Ross Park and Kalinga Park.
Key construction activities to be undertaken in the Toombul precinct for Airport Link:
- Excavation and construction of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) launch box in Kalinga Park where two TBMs will be lowered in parts for assembly underground
- Tunnelling operations – the TBMs will commence excavation of the mainline tunnel from Kalinga Park, moving south-west to Lutwyche, where the machines will be disassembled – starting early 2010
- An underpass beneath the North Coast Railway line
- An underpass beneath Sandgate Road to connect the Airport Link tunnel with the East-West Arterial Road
- Construction of the buried ventilation station and its above-ground outlet adjacent to Sandgate Road
- Widening of Sandgate Road over Schulz Canal to accommodate a new signalised intersection
- Widening of the East-West Arterial Road to accommodate two eastbound and two westbound lanes that will also form the ramp connections to the Airport Link tunnel
What will Toombul look like in 2012?
Visit the Design page to see the project’s urban design for the Toombul precinct
Toombul Community Liaison Group (CLG)CLGs have been formed in all major precincts, to represent the local community by communicating ideas and concerns to the project team and the State Government, during design and construction of these essential projects.
> Go to the Toombul CLG page