A new shared path is planned for Capalaba’s western edge, connecting the Tingalpa Creek bridge with the existing path network at John Fredericks Park.
Redland City Council’s procurement register shows Queensland Civil Group was awarded a $639,736.13 contract on 11 August for a project listed as “SP1 PCNP Cycleway Old Cleveland Way Capalaba”. While that abbreviated title gives few clues about what is actually being built, other government records identify both the location and purpose of the project more clearly.
The Contract Name Only Tells Half the Story
Queensland’s Cycle Network Local Government Grants Program describes the project as construction of a shared path on Old Cleveland Road between the Tingalpa Creek bridge and the John Fredericks Park path.
That places the work at the western approach to Capalaba, where Old Cleveland Road crosses Tingalpa Creek from Brisbane into Redland City. John Fredericks Park begins immediately east of the creek and already contains paths through the reserve, including an established concrete connection between Old Cleveland Road and the Koala Trail.
There is also a naming wrinkle in Council’s procurement entry. Although the contract is listed under “Old Cleveland Way”, official road records identify the road at this location as Old Cleveland Road. Old Cleveland Road East is separately identified further east through Capalaba and Birkdale, while the available government records do not establish Old Cleveland Way as the official road name.
Taken together, the records point to a fairly localised piece of infrastructure connecting the creek crossing with the existing John Fredericks Park path network, rather than a new cycleway extending across Capalaba.
Plans for the Corridor Go Back Years
The latest contract covers only the section beside Tingalpa Creek, but cycling infrastructure along the broader Old Cleveland Road corridor has been on transport planners’ books for some time.
Earlier Queensland transport investment documents included planning for an Old Cleveland Road shared path between Redland Bay Road and Tingalpa Creek. The current Cycle Network Local Government Grants Program lists $422,273 in state funding towards construction of the Tingalpa Creek Bridge-to-John Fredericks Park section, separate from Council’s $639,736.13 construction contract.
The project also sits within planning associated with Queensland’s Principal Cycle Network, or PCNP, which identifies important cycling routes and helps guide future investment by state and local governments. Council’s contract title contains another abbreviation, “SP1”, but no reliable public document located by Capalaba News explains what it means.
Some Details Will Have to Wait
Awarding the contract is an important milestone, although it does not by itself establish that construction has begun. As at 1 September, publicly available information also does not provide enough detail to confidently report the new path’s precise length or width, the design of any crossings, possible parking changes or the traffic arrangements that would apply while work is carried out.
Those details will be particularly relevant at a location where a major road, creek crossing and park environment come together.
For now, the government records provide a much clearer picture of what Capalaba’s latest cycling project actually involves. Rather than a new route stretching through the suburb, the contracted work is focused on its western gateway, linking the Tingalpa Creek bridge with the established paths at John Fredericks Park.
Published 1-Sept-2026
