Flagstone may be doing the heavy lifting for Queensland’s housing supply, but residents in Flagstone, Greenbank and New Beith are doing the real heavy lifting by enduring worsening traffic congestion, Member for Jordan Charis Mullen says.
“Whilst we need more housing supply, we also need a clear plan for how infrastructure will be delivered,” Ms Mullen said.
She is spearheading a call for a more transparent and community led approach to infrastructure delivery in the Greater Flagstone Priority Development Area as stakeholders prepare for a significant planning overhaul.
Flagstone’s priority development area status means approvals are streamlined to accelerate the delivery of South-East Queensland’s growing housing.
“The local community is understandably frustrated that infrastructure is not keeping up with growth from the Greater Flagstone Priority Development area,” Ms Mullen said.
“This is an issue that has been consistently raised with Economic Development Queensland for many years by all elected representatives.”
Next year, a major process known as an infrastructure “reset” will take place, involving Economic Development Queensland, Logan City Council and various developers.
Ms Mullen said the reset was designed to review the planning, timing and funding of essential assets to account for accelerating construction costs and the rapid population growth within the priority development area.
Under current agreements, the council receives a portion of every lot sold in the area to fund sub-regional infrastructure, including water, sewerage and local roads.
As of June 2025, the council had received more than $115 million through these arrangements.
However, Ms Mullen argues the current model is failing residents.
“As a model, it’s not working effectively,” she said, pointing out that while developers were paying their fees and Economic Development Queensland continued to approve more housing, the council maintained that current funding levels were insufficient to address the scale of required road upgrades.
A primary concern raised by Ms Mullen is that infrastructure agreements and delivery schedules were currently not “public-facing” and were often too technical for the average resident to navigate.
This lack of transparency has led to uncertainty regarding the delivery of critical assets, such as police stations and community centres.
To bridge this gap, Ms Mullen is conducting a community survey which has received nearly 800 responses to date.
The results have provided a clear mandate on local priorities, with the Springfield Greenbank Arterial identified as the top road requiring attention, followed closely by Goodna Road (specifically in front of Greenbank State School) and Pub Lane.
These findings align with earlier Logan City Council consultations, where residents ranked “reducing congestion and improving network travel times” as their absolute highest priority for the region, Ms Mullen said.
While the 2027 reset will define long term goals, some immediate milestones are approaching.
The duplication of the Springfield Greenbank Arterial is already progressing in stages to ease bottlenecks.
Furthermore, developer Peet is now legally required to complete the New Beith Road extension, which will provide a critical second access point for Flagstone, by November 30, 2026.
As the technical review draws closer, Ms Mullen insists the voices of those who drive these roads daily must be the primary influence on future spending.
“The upcoming review in 2027 will be highly technical in nature but I am using the survey to present a clear picture of the community’s views of local roads being impacted by the PDA.
“Community sentiment must be included in any decisions around future road priorities being determined by Logan City Council, the State Government and involved developers,” she said.
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