Type Rural road Route number(s) State Route 81 Southeast end Lakeland Via Coen | Length 571 km (355 mi) Northwest end Weipa Major settlements Coen Major settlement Coen | |
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Working on the peninsula developmental road on cape york
The Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) runs 571 km from Lakeland to Weipa. It is the main road transport link within Cape York Peninsula and to the rest of the Australian mainland.
Contents
- Working on the peninsula developmental road on cape york
- Map of Peninsula Developmental Rd Queensland Australia
- Peninsula developmental road mein deviation
- Road conditions
- List of towns localities and points of interest along the highway
- References
Map of Peninsula Developmental Rd, Queensland, Australia
The segment from Weipa Town to 43 km south of the town is within the Rio Tinto mine lease. The 43 km within the Rio Tinto mine lease boundary is not part of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads controlled road. The department excluded this 43 km section from its official PDR calculations.
The segment from Lakeland to the Rio Tinto boundary is 466 km and is under Transport and Main Roads control.
Peninsula developmental road mein deviation
Road conditions
320.5 km of 571 km from Lakeland to Weipa is currently unsealed road (as of March 2016).
The condition of the unsealed road is highly variable. Mud, sand, dust, gravel and dirt corrugations are some of the road conditions subject to change of weather conditions.
A five-year program of sealing work joint funded by the Federal and State governments through the Cape York Region Package commenced in 2014. As of December, 2015, 68.8 km of new road has been sealed through the Cape York Region Package.