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Queensland Funds Safety Upgrades in Moreton Bay Under School Transport Program

Queensland has confirmed targeted funding for road-safety works at four state school precincts in the Moreton Bay area as part of this year’s School Transport Infrastructure Program. 

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The package totals $697,000 locally, allocated to Dakabin State High School ($260,000), Burpengary Meadows State School ($147,000), Strathpine West State School ($185,000) and North Lakes State College ($105,000). 

The four sites are listed within a statewide $2.3 million round covering 21 projects announced on 6 June 2025. 

Program Context

The School Transport Infrastructure Program provides grants for practical fixes that make arriving and leaving school safer and smoother—such as new or reconfigured drop-off zones, bus set-down areas, pedestrian links and fencing, and intersection improvements. Typical projects include carpark upgrades, construction of stop-drop-and-go facilities, bus stops and footpaths. 

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Documents also indicate complementary works in the vicinity of Dakabin State High School, including a children’s crossing treatment on Marsden Road listed in the City of Moreton Bay’s 2025–26 budget highlights for Divisions 7–9. While the Council line-item does not set out the state school grant scope, it shows local alignment on school-area safety. 

How This Fits With Other Safety Measures

Transport and Main Roads notes that STIP sits alongside ongoing programs including flashing school zone signs and the School Crossing Supervisor Scheme. Background guidance on these measures—and how the signs operate—appears on the state’s transport site. The crossing-supervisor scheme marked its 40th year in 2024, with more than 2,000 supervisors managing over 1,300 crossings at 700-plus schools; TMR reports no fatalities at supervised crossings since 1984. 

Each school sets local arrangements while works progress. North Lakes State College, for example, maintains guidance for parents on parking locations and its “LookOut” drive-through pick-up service on Joyner Circuit. Families at nearby schools can check their school pages for current drop-off maps and transport links. 

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Accountability and Timing

The announcement forms part of a broader road-safety and infrastructure program for 2025–26, with further detail on capital programs contained in current budget papers and ministerial statements. Schedule and construction windows for individual school sites will be confirmed through TMR and council channels as designs progress and contractors are engaged.

Published 21-Aug-2025

Plans for North Lakes-Mango Hill’s New State Secondary School Seen to Ease Facilities vs Enrolment Gap

Plans for the new state secondary school in the North Lakes-Mango Hill area for North Brisbane are already underway.

Ms. Palaszczuk with students
(Photo credit: Kate Jones/Twitter)

The population of the North Lakes area, which includes Mango Hill, Kallangur, Dakabin, Murrumba Downs, and Griffin, is expected to grow by about 13,000 by the year 2021. Also, the population is predicted to grow from the present 70,000 to 103,000 by 2036.

With the predicted statistics, North Lakes-Mango Hill is the preferred location to build the new school in the whole North Brisbane area.

The new state high school construction will ease the number of enrolments at the North Lakes State College. Because of the enrolment growth year after year, the school may not be able to keep up with the estimated number of population growth in the next few years. North Lakes State College has a maximum student enrolment capacity of 3,320 students. The number of students entering Prep should not exceed 200 in every 8 classrooms.

 

Building Future Schools

The Queensland Government has dedicated $28 million (2017-2018) for the Building Future Schools Fund, out of the $500 million total proposed budget for the five-year project.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said that the Building Future Schools Fund will be used to build new schools to cater more students, provide 1,500 jobs over the five-year scheme, and secure the fastest growing regions in Queensland.

“We want every child to benefit from a quality education no matter where they live. That’s why we are investing $500 million over five years to help deliver world class education facilities where they are needed most … We will always build new schools and new classrooms to cater for enrolments in our growing state,” Ms. Palaszczuk said.

More Schools to Open

An artist’s impression of Fortitude Valley’s new school
(Photo credit: www.qld.gov.au)

Two new high schools will be built in inner-Brisbane this year. The Fortitude Valley State School, in partnership with Queensland University of Technology, will become a high-rise secondary school. Another high school will be built in the catchment of Brisbane State High School, in conjunction with University of Queensland. These two new schools will each cater up to 1,500 students.

The $500 million Building Future Schools Fund will also be used for land acquisitions in Mount Low in Townsville, Calliope near Gladstone, and Yarrabilba in South Logan. Like the plan in North Lakes-Mango Hills, the plans in these areas are also underway.

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“We will continue to build new schools in growth areas … We need to continue to act to meet the increasing demands for student enrolments and plan ahead for next generation learning needs,” Education Minister Kate Jones said.

The secondary schools construction will continue in Brisbane and the final Public Private Partnership School will be built in Springfield by 2019. Ms. Jones said that the Department of Education will work on communicating with the school communities to come up with the best solutions for each school.