A raised traffic-calming treatment is planned for the southern end of Prospect Street in North Lakes, with $93,000 in Australian Government Black Spot funding allocated to slow vehicles approaching the service road north of the Bruce Highway.
Rather than a major intersection rebuild, the project centres on one specific measure: a raised hump on the Prospect Street approach. Federal project records describe the site as “Prospect Street – Service Road north of Bruce Highway” and identify the project as being in planning.
The work applies to the Bruce Highway end of Prospect Street, not the full road through the North Lakes commercial and town-centre area.
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A 2025 Finish Has Slipped Well Into 2027
The Australian Government committed $93,000 to the project through the Black Spot Program, with the initial federal timetable putting the work between July and December 2025.
That schedule did not hold. A Commonwealth status report in September 2025 listed the project as “Not Started”, and subsequent federal program material extended the expected completion window to June 2027.
City of Moreton Bay has also carried the Prospect Street project into its 2026–27 Budget.
As of September 2026, North Lakes Today has found no later public record confirming that construction or preliminary works have begun, nor evidence that a contractor has been appointed. A firm construction start date has not been published, so the upgrade should not yet be described as underway.
One Treatment Targets the Approach
The approved scope is considerably narrower than many intersection safety projects. Federal records describe the core treatment simply as “providing a raised hump on approach”.
There is no indication in the published scope of new traffic signals, turning lanes, pedestrian refuges, cycle facilities, medians or substantial intersection reconstruction. Instead, the physical road treatment is intended to make motorists reduce speed as they approach the service-road junction.
The location is also important. The project concerns the Prospect Street approach to the service road north of the Bruce Highway, rather than the North Lakes Drive end of Prospect Street near Westfield North Lakes.
What Put the Site on the Black Spot List?
The reason this particular location secured Black Spot funding is less clear from the material released publicly.
Commonwealth project records do not provide a crash count for the site, identify particular collision types or say whether pedestrians or cyclists were involved. North Lakes Today also found no publicly released road-safety audit or Black Spot nomination assessment setting out the case behind the treatment.
That means the funding should not be taken by itself as evidence that Prospect Street has a particular crash record. Black Spot projects can qualify through casualty-crash history, while the program also allows proactive treatments where an engineering assessment identifies a serious safety risk.
The available Prospect Street records do not establish which pathway was used. What they do establish is that slowing vehicles on the approach was selected as the appropriate treatment.
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Motorists Are Still Waiting for the Works Schedule
With the delivery window now extending to June 2027, the practical construction details are yet to emerge.
No public construction notice located for the project sets out lane closures, traffic control, working hours, parking restrictions or changes to pedestrian and property access. Those details should become clearer once the project moves beyond planning.
For now, Prospect Street has a funded Black Spot treatment and a revised delivery window, but no confirmed construction start. Once installed, the change should be straightforward for motorists: a physical traffic-calming treatment requiring vehicles to slow before reaching the service-road junction.
Published 9-September-2026
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