Two-way traffic has returned to the Kuranda Range Road near Henry Ross Lookout after reconstruction of the corridor's largest landslip caused by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
The Queensland Government said the three-storey-high downslope failure was the most complex damage site on the road. The project stabilised the slope, rebuilt the roadway and restored the damaged lane, reconnecting a critical route used by Far North Queensland residents, businesses, freight operators and visitors.
The repair used more than 20 truckloads of rockfill, 15 truckloads of shotcrete, almost 1.5 kilometres of soil nails and enough geomat to cover about one-and-a-half tennis courts, according to the official statement.
Work is continuing at five other Jasper-damaged sites, which are expected to be completed by the end of 2026, weather permitting. Repairs at two additional locations damaged during the North and Far North Tropical Low in February 2025 are scheduled to continue until mid-2027.
Source: Queensland Government ministerial statement, 18 September 2026.
Image disclosure: The featured image is an AI-generated editorial illustration. It is not a photograph of the repaired site.
