We're exploring, with the Queensland Government, options for widening a section of the Logan Motorway to reduce travel times and improve road safety. The Logan West Upgrade Project will, if approved, widen about 10km of the western section of this motorway, between Formation Street and the Mount Lindesay Highway.
Right now, we're talking to the community about the proposed project - asking for feedback on its design, connectivity, community investment and environmental initiatives.
Consultation is open until 1 December - so you still have time to share your thoughts. Community feedback and insights are vital in helping us understand and address local priorities during the road upgrade's design development, construction and operations,
Those who live, work and travel along the Logan Motorway corridor are experts in their local area, and so we're encouraging all local residents, businesses and motorists to have their say, by:
- coming along to an information session (we're holding these across the area)
- sharing feedback via our interactive website
- contacting the project team
Community feedback received will inform our planning, which will then be considered by the Queensland Government. If approved, the project's construction is expected to commence in 2027 and be completed before the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Preparing for a growing population
More than 210,000 vehicles - and more than $1 billion freight - travel along the Logan Motorway each day, connecting cities and neighbourhoods and key industrial and economic hubs. But South East Queensland's significant population growth and economic development is increasing pressure on the area's existing transport network.
By 2031, more than three million people will call Greater Brisbane home, with around 400,000 people living in the city's southwest near the Logan Motorway. This is 30,000 more people than today. If nothing is done to ease traffic congestion, by 2031, average peak-period speeds along key sections of the Logan Motorway will reduce to just 15km per hour.
Expected upgrade benefits
Transurban's Logan West Upgrade project will help relieve congestion, and is predicted to:
- reduce travel times by up to 20 minutes
- remove around 6,100 vehicles from local roads
- alleviate rat running and congestion in surrounding neighbourhoods
- improve accessibility for adjacent industrial and logistics hubs, including Heathwood, Larapinta, Berrinba, Park Ridge and Acacia Ridge.
The project will also create hundreds of local jobs for Queenslanders.
