Pacific Motorway M1 upgrade program

The Pacific Motorway M1 is one of Australia’s busiest highways and is a national freight route.

We want you to get where you're going more reliably, so you can spend more time doing the things you love.

The upgrade and widening of the Pacific Motorway M1 is being delivered in strategic priority stages as funding becomes available, based on traffic volumes and best value for money.

Project	Status
Coomera interchange	Completed
Coomera Connector Stage 1	Construction
Coomera Connector Future Stages	Planning
Daisy Hill to Logan Motorway	Planning
Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill	Construction
Logan Motorway to Palm Beach	Completed
Loganholme to Pimpama	Planning
M1/M3 Gateway Merge	Completed
Mudgeeraba to Robina	Completed
Mudgeeraba to Varsity Lakes	Completed
Ormeau interchange (Exit 45) southbound off-ramp	Completed
Ormeau interchange (North)	Planning
Pimpama interchange (Exit 49)	Construction
Varsity Lakes to Tugun (Exit 85 to 95)	Construction
Worongary to Mudgeeraba	Completed
Yatala South Interchange (Exit 41)	Completed
Main Street overpass safety improvements	Planning
Logan Motorway to Nerang	Planning

Benefits

Improves safety
Increases capacity
Increases traffic flow
Reduces travel time
Reduces peak hour congestion
Reduces interchange queuing

42 Projects in Pacific Motorway M1 upgrade program

Barwon Highway (Talwood - Nindigully) Weengallon, pavement widening

Pavement widening on the Barwon Highway has been completed to improve road safety, reduce ongoing maintenance demand and provide a better driving experience for road users in the area.

Bruce Highway (Pine River - Cairns), Road Operations Improvements

This project will provide Intelligent Transport System infrastructure at various locations along the Bruce Highway between Pine River and Cairns.

Coomera Connector Future stages Foxwell street - October 2023

Coomera Connector (Future stages) Loganholme to Coomera, planning

Planning is underway for the future stages of the Coomera Connector – the remaining 29km between Loganholme and Coomera.

Artist's impression of a road crossing a river

Coomera Connector (Stage 1)

The Stage 1 section of the Coomera Connector between Coomera and Nerang has been identified as the priority section to be built first.

Coomera Connector Stage 1 Central

Coomera Connector (Stage 1) is around 16km long and will be delivered in 3 construction packages. Stage 1 Central, which is currently in the design phase, is the 8km section from Helensvale Road to Smith Street Motorway.

Detailed design

Coomera Connector Stage 1 North

Coomera Connector (Stage 1) is around 16km and will be delivered in 3 construction packages. Stage 1 North, which is currently under construction, is the 4km section from Shipper Drive to Helensvale Road.

Construction

Coomera Connector Stage 1 South

Design phase is underway for the Coomera Connector Stage 1 South package from Smith Street Motorway to Nerang-Broadbeach Road.

Detailed design

Image showing construction on the new overpass at Eight Mile intersection in March 2022.

Cunningham Highway (Ipswich - Warwick), Eight Mile intersection upgrade

A major intersection upgrade to improve safety at the Cunningham and New England highways intersection is complete.

Cunningham Highway (Ipswich – Warwick), Tregony to Maryvale, improve safety and Cunningham Highway (Ipswich – Warwick), various locations, improve safety

The project involves investigating safety improvements to provide a better driving experience for all road users and reduce the risk of fatal and serious injury crashes.

Cunningham Highway (Warwick – Inglewood), improve safety

This project involves investigating safety improvements to provide a better driving experience for all road users and reduce the risk of fatal and serious injury crashes.

Flood resilience works

The department is improving the flood immunity and resilience of the state-controlled road network at 27 priority sites.

Gatton-Helidon Road, pavement widening

Traffic flow and safety are being improved on Gatton-Helidon Road.

Gatton–Clifton Road Realignment Planning, Mount Whitestone

This planning project aims to identify a new permanent alignment for Gatton–Clifton Road to bypass a 400m section that is affected and at-risk from a large and slow-moving landslip at Mount Whitestone.

Gore Highway (Millmerran – Goondiwindi), Wyaga Creek, upgrade floodway

A new bridge at Wyaga Creek crossing on the Gore Highway will improve flood immunity, safety and efficiency on one of Queensland's most important transport links.

Gore Highway (Pittsworth - Millmerran), various locations, rehabilitate pavement

This project has trialled sustainable pavement systems and products to rehabilitate deteriorating sections of the Gore Highway.

Murphys Creek Road ROcky Creek Bridge replacement project location map.

Murphys Creek Road, Rocky Creek Bridge, replace bridge

Rocky Creek Bridge was replaced to improve safety, traffic flow, flood immunity and efficiency.

Map of project location on the New England Highway (Ruthven Street) between James Street and Nelson Street in Toowoomba

New England Highway (Toowoomba - Warwick), high risk roads, improve safety

Construction is complete to improve safety on Ruthven Street in Toowoomba's south.

New England Highway (Toowoomba-Warwick) Hodgson Creek to Cambooya Connection Road – options analysis

This planning project involved investigating ways to improve safety and efficiency on the New England Highway between Hodgson Creek and the southern side of Cambooya Connection Road.

New England Highway (Toowoomba-Warwick) business cases

The planning projects investigated future infrastructure to improve safety and efficiency on the New England Highway, south of Toowoomba.

The map shows the locality of works completed to improve safety on the New England Highway between Stanthorpe and Ballandean. Solid dark blue lines indicate eight packages of work. Places included on the map from north to south include Stanthorpe, Glen Aplin and Ballandean. The maps also indicates the location of select roads that intersect with New England Highway including Texas Road, Wallangarra Road, Back Creek Road, Kerridges Road, Glen Aplin Drive, Sutton Lane, Fletcher Road and Eukey Road.

New England Highway (Warwick - Wallangarra), high risk roads, improve safety

The department has delivered pavement widening and resurfacing works to improve safety and freight efficiency on the New England Highway between Stanthorpe and Ballandean.

New England Highway (Yarraman - Toowoomba), Back Creek bridge, upgrade bridge and approaches, planning

The department has a planning project underway to investigate safety improvements at Back Creek on the New England Highway south of Cooyar.

New England Highway (Yarraman - Toowoomba), Borneo Barracks (Cabarlah), construct turning lanes

The department is working with the Department of Defence to upgrade the entrance to the Borneo Barracks from the New England Highway at Cabarlah.

Bikeway between Mitchell Road and Toowoomba Christian College.

New England Highway Bikeway, Highfields to Toowoomba CBD (Stages 1,2 & 3)

The bikeway project will connect Highfields to Toowoomba, providing a safer and more accessible active transport option.

Darling Downs District

New England Highway Cooyar to Bum Bum Creek

New England Highway—(Yarraman-Toowoomba), widen pavement

The upgrade of the New England Highway between Cooyar and Bum Bum Creek has been completed, delivering critical safety and efficiency improvements south of Yarraman.

Oakey-Pittsworth Road, various locations, business case

Planning is underway to improve safety, efficiency and reliability of Oakey-Pittsworth Road.

Aerial view of Pacific Motorway through Springwood

Pacific Motorway (M1) – Daisy Hill to Logan Motorway upgrade

Planning is underway for the Pacific Motorway (M1) – Daisy Hill to Logan Motorway upgrade. This section of the M1 cannot accommodate current traffic volumes and, as a result, experiences frequent and prolonged periods of congestion and poor travel time reliability.