The 10-member board overseeing the Cross River Rail project will be sacked within two months as Minister Kate Jones takes control to give herself more oversight ahead of the construction phase.

The contracts of the majority of the 10 current board members were due to expire in April, but they were told on Tuesday their contracts would not be renewed.

Project Minister Kate Jones said she will not let head contractor CPB Group "run roughshod" on the largest infrastructure project in the state's history. Credit:Jono Searle/AAP

Cross River Rail is the largest infrastructure project in Queensland’s history and will cost an estimated $5.4 billion to build a 10.2-kilometre stretch of rail track, with 5.9 kilometres to be incorporated in a tunnel, and will incorporate four underground stations.

It will deliver an extra 18,000 seats on Brisbane trains, take 14,000 drivers off the roads, cut travel time on south-east Queensland train lines and create more than 7700 jobs.