The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) will start reconstruction works on Mossman-Daintree Road at a site known locally as Humbug Reach, 32 kilometres north of Mossman.
Contractors are currently mobilising to site and establishing a site office nearby.
Road users are advised there will gradually be more crew movements in the area with works on site starting from Monday 2 June 2025.
Works on Mossman-Daintree Road will include:
- Over 30 concrete piles drilled vertically to depths of up to 14 metres into the ground.
- Over 1500 linear metres of soil nails will be required over the course of the reconstruction efforts.
- A combined 30-metre retaining wall and a 50-metre rock gabion wall will also be installed to support the hillside.
This site has challenges and constraints that may require TMR to implement night closures.
There are currently no scheduled night road closures.
TMR anticipates closures will be required to complete the complex reconstruction works and will provide advance notice to stakeholders.
Intermittent traffic control will be in place along some sections of the highway as TMR progresses pre-construction surveys and works ahead of mobilising to sites.
These challenges include the extent of the damage, limited space to operate heavy machinery and the care needed when operating close to the bank of the Daintree River.
Road users can expect delays of up to 15 minutes during works for movements of heavy machinery and crews through the construction site.
Reconstruction works are expected to require intermittent road closures with dates to be confirmed pending progress of works.
At this time no night closures are scheduled, TMR will provide advance notice to road users ahead of any confirmed road closures
