Lot 12 Bayshore Drive – Roundabout Construction

Announcement

Bayshore Drive reduced to one lane near work site until end of November 2025.

Open to traffic travelling north bound.

Southbound traffic detour via Sunrise Boulevard.

Access to and from Byron Bay Fair via Bayshore Drive north bound only.

Please follow signage and traffic control.

  • Project scheduleDecember 2024 to March 2026

Council is building a new roundabout on Bayshore Drive, at the intersection of the access road to TAFE and the IGA shopping centre.

This project is part of the development of a 5.8-hectare Council-owned block of land known as Lot 12 Bayshore Drive.

From Monday 13 October until the end of November (weather permitting) there are changes to traffic movement.

What's being done:

  • New roundabout
  • Foot paths and replacement of existing foot paths
  • Garden beds
  • Replacing broken kerbs and gutters
  • Lighting
  • Water and sewer infrastructure for new development.

What to expect

From 13 October to 28 November (weather permitting)

  • A section of Bayshore Drive between Sunrise Boulevard and Centennial Circuit will be reduced to one lane of traffic.
  • The temporary roundabout at the intersection of Bayshore Drive and Sunrise Boulevard will be dismantled.
  • Bayshore Drive will remain open to traffic travelling north bound from the direction of Centennial Circuit in the direction of Elements Resort.
  • Traffic travelling from the direction of Elements Resort south bound towards Centennial Circuit will detour via Sunrise Boulevard.
  • Access to and from Byron Bay Fair will be via Bayshore Drive northbound only.
  • Work times – Monday to Friday between 7am and 5pm and Saturdays between 8am to 5pm. 
  • Noise – Machinery noise including drilling and vacuum excavation.

During the Christmas holiday period works will be paused for two weeks from Saturday 20 December to Sunday 4 January. During this period traffic flow will be as normal through the new roundabout.

The final stage of works is scheduled to start on Monday 5 January and be completed by the end of March 2026.

Map of works area from mid-October to the end of November
Map of Bayshore Drive area of works from mid-October

Location

Lot 12 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay 2481  View Map

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Contact details

Ricky Ballard, Project Officer
02 6626 7255
majorprojects@byron.nsw.gov.au

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