The Queensland Government has awarded the contract for the $1.2 billion Gateway Upgrade North project in Queensland.
Lend Lease Engineering Pty Ltd has been chosen to design and construct the project.
Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Jamie Briggs said the major infrastructure upgrade would fix one of Queensland’s most congested and important motorways which forms a vital link between key freight hubs, such as the Port of Brisbane and the Brisbane Airport.
“This project will reduce congestion and improve safety for more than 80,000 drivers using the northern section of the Gateway Motorway daily,” Mr Briggs said.
“The addition of two extra lanes will significantly increase productivity, saving freight operators time and money and ultimately improving Australia’s freight competitiveness.”
The preferred plan includes widening an 11-kilometre section of the motorway from four to six lanes between Nudgee and Bracken Ridge, an upgrade of the Nudgee Road interchange and widening the Deagon Deviation to two lanes in each direction.
Construction is expected to be finished in late 2018.