Transport improvements surrounding a cluster of northern Brisbane schools remain in the planning phase, months after Brisbane had expected to release a precinct plan. The Kedron Safer School Precinct covers Padua College, St Anthony’s Primary School and Mount Alvernia College, which have a combined enrolment of about 3,080 students.
Padua College accounts for about 1,460 students, Mount Alvernia College about 950 and St Anthony’s Primary School about 670.
Consultation Highlights Widespread Congestion Concerns
Community engagement conducted in late 2024 generated 311 survey submissions and 11,826 individual feedback points, alongside 385 location markers placed on an interactive map.
Survey results showed 42.7 per cent of respondents rated their overall movement through the area as poor or very poor, while more than 80 per cent gave the same rating to traffic congestion.
Unsafe driver behaviour, extended queues during school drop-off and pick-up periods, limited access into and out of the precinct, and motorists using local streets to avoid major roads were identified among the main perceived contributors to congestion around Turner Road.
Infrastructure and Public Transport Under Scrutiny
Feedback gathered during consultation highlighted pedestrian crossings, footpath upgrades and changes to traffic flow as areas for consideration. Public transport performance also featured prominently, with respondents pointing to low service frequency, unreliable arrival times and limited destination coverage as the main barriers to greater bus use.
Council is using the feedback alongside technical guidelines to assess potential measures including traffic-calming treatments and bus-stop improvements.
Earlier State Funding Targeted Three Crossings
Transport investment around the Kedron schools predates the current Council initiative.
Queensland parliamentary records show $479,000 was secured in 2024 for two projects affecting Mount Alvernia College, Padua College and St Anthony’s Primary School. The planned works involved replacing three existing zebra crossings with raised pedestrian crossings, commonly known as wombat crossings.
Published materails also identified the Turner Road precinct as receiving funding through the School Transport Infrastructure Program. The earlier crossing projects were narrower in scope than Council’s current Safer School Precinct program, which covers a broader range of transport issues across the three-school area.
“We expect to be able to share the precinct plan with the community in early 2026, depending on design progress,” the project page stated, as of press time.
Published 16-Sept-2026
