Close to 180 jobs are being created for the upgrade of Exit 41 from the M1 motorway in the Gold Coast.
Crews have now begun construction for the exit in Yatala, which is home to emerging industrial precincts and communities. This work comes after the completion of a $25 million Exit 57 upgrade and the Queensland government’s $10 million commitment to upgrade Exit 45.
Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said a new bridge would be built over the M1 while the existing roundabout would be transformed into signalised intersections.
“Almost one million people will call the Gold Coast home by 2041, and it’s crucial that our road and transport system is ready for that boom, and that we’re creating the jobs for the people that move here,” Bailey said.
He said because of the effort of Queenslanders to manage the impacts of COVID-19 these projects are able to get underway and be completed.
“For the Gold Coast that means we’ve been able to complete Exit 57, start building a $1 billion M1 upgrade to the border, lock in $755 million to build a second M1 and upgrade those interchanges in the northern suburbs where that growth is expected.”
The upgrade is expected to help avoid traffic queuing on the M1 with new on and off-ramps to be built and additional lanes added to Cuthbert Drive.
“One of the outcomes of the Northern Gold Coast Mobility Study we conducted earlier this year identified that active transport was huge ask from residents, so we’ll be maximising the upgrade by building new shared paths to connect both sides,” Bailey said.
Construction on the project is expected to be complete by 2022.
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