Five years after plans to replace the Kenmore roundabout with traffic lights ran into overwhelming community opposition, the busy junction is back on the drawing board — this time alongside another Moggill Road intersection near Our Lady of the Rosary School.
Planning is under way for improvements at both the Moggill Road/Brookfield Road roundabout and the Moggill Road/Kenmore Road intersection, with a $75 million commitment covering the two locations.
Exactly what will change is still to be decided. Transport and Main Roads continues to list the project as being in the planning stage, with no preferred design publicly released and no construction start date announced.
For anyone who remembers the last proposal, that leaves one obvious question: what happens to the roundabout?
The Plan Kenmore Rejected
The previous attempt to substantially change the intersection went much further.
In 2021, TMR put forward a preferred design that would have removed the roundabout and replaced it with traffic lights. It also proposed on-road bicycle lanes, shared paths and signalised crossings, along with the loss of seven on-street parking spaces and partial resumption of some properties.
The response was emphatic. When TMR reported back on consultation, 94 per cent of respondents did not support replacing the roundabout with a signalised intersection, and the proposal did not proceed.
Queensland’s $12.5 million share of the then $25 million project was later redirected towards active-transport planning along Moggill Road.
That history gives the latest planning added local interest, but the old drawings should not be mistaken for what is being considered today. TMR has not revived the 2021 design or announced what form the roundabout could take, leaving its future unresolved while the current planning continues.
OLR Now Part of the Picture
This time, the work extends beyond the roundabout to the Moggill Road/Kenmore Road intersection beside Our Lady of the Rosary School.
TMR is considering both intersections under the same project, with the stated aim of improving traffic flow, network reliability and safety for road users. The current project map shows study areas around each junction, but not a proposed road layout.
That means there is not yet enough public detail to say how motorists, pedestrians or school families around OLR would be affected.
The two locations are also separate from the broader Moggill Road active-transport project, where planning between the Centenary Motorway and Kilkivan Avenue has been completed and part of the Chapel Hill section has progressed to detailed design.
A Bigger Commitment This Time
The $75 million commitment covering the two Kenmore intersections is considerably larger than the $25 million attached to the abandoned roundabout proposal, although it now covers two locations rather than one.
The 2026–27 Brisbane West budget plan again identifies investment to improve safety and congestion at the roundabout and the OLR intersection under the Safer Roads, Better Transport initiative.
For now, however, planning remains the operative word. TMR’s current project listing still gives the status as Planning, rather than detailed design, procurement or construction.
For Kenmore, the real milestone will be the release of a preferred design. That’s when residents should finally get a clearer picture of what is proposed for both intersections — and what it means for the roundabout itself.
Published 31-August-2026
