The Australian and Queensland governments have been making strides on the Coomera Connector (between Brisbane and the Gold Coast), with major construction milestones delivered across all three packages of the project.
More than 1 million working hours have been clocked by crews on the Stage 1 North package, with some significant achievements reached.
The almost 1 kilometre bridge that spans the Coomera River, Hope Island Road and Saltwater Creek is rapidly taking shape with 350 bridge girders installed and 13 bridge deck concrete pours completed so far.
Further installations will begin from mid-September on the 50 girders required for the overpass and pedestrian bridges over Helensvale Road.
Crews have also been busy laying more than 1,500 metres of asphalt, including the first section of the main motorway alignment near McPhail Road and in areas for future widening around the Helensvale Road interchange and Shipper Drive.
While bridge construction and asphalt laying continues in these areas, work will also begin to ramp up in the next six months for the Coomera Link Road section, where a new signalised intersection will be installed at the Foxwell Road and Shipper Drive roundabout.
Set up of the site compound on the South package is underway and heavy vehicle access has been constructed at Boulton Drive to allow critical preloading works to start in the coming months.
The $3.026 billion project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, with this investment estimated to support an average of 1,000 direct jobs over the life of the project.
Stage 1 of the Coomera Connector is expected to progressively open to traffic in sections from late 2025.
