Seymour Whyte has been awarded the contract for the $74.7 million Coomera Interchange Exit 54 project on the Gold Coast.
The interchange upgrade, on the Pacific Motorway, is anticipated to help reduce congestion through the busy interchange and create 163 jobs.
The widening of the off-ramp is expected to be completed in time for the opening of the Scentre Group’s new Coomera Town Centre.
Minister for Main Roads and Road Safety Mark Bailey said that work is set to begin this weekend, with the building of a new bridge likely to be finished next year.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the upgrade would ease the pressure of rapid residential and commercial growth along the motorway.
“In the past 10 years, the area’s rapid growth has led to the current interchange reaching capacity,” he said.
“This upgrade will improve pedestrian and cycle safety, reduce the number of rear-end crashes at the end of the exit ramps and provide better access to the new Coomera Town Centre.
The upgrade project is jointly funded with the $47.4 million from the Queensland Government, $10 million from the Australian Government and $17.3 million from Scentre Group.