Coomera Connector: First look at $2.4B road’s transformation of Nerang
New images and video have revealed for the first time how the southern most section of the $2.4 billion Coomera Connector will look, showing how it will join the Nerang-Broadbeach Road. SEE THE VIDEO
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NEW images and video have revealed for the first time how the $2.4 billion Coomera Connector will transform the Gold Coast’s western suburbs.
The animated fly-through, developed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads, reveals the arterial road’s route.
It shows the Coomera Connector will begin just west of Lakeview Drive and Chisholm Road on Nerang-Broadbeach Road before turning north near the Nerang railway station.
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It will travel north running parallel with the railway line.
Early stage works on the project have begun on what has been described as “one of the largest traffic-mapping projects in the city’s history”.
The Coomera Connector will be a six-lane, 45km arterial road to run from Nerang to Logan.
It is expected to take up to 60,000 vehicles off the M1 every day and was fully gazetted last year by the State Government.
More than $20 million is being spent on early works and surveying in preparations for the business case.
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The independent survey, commissioned by the State Government, found respondents wanted the Coomera Connector built to relieve pressure on the M1.
The release of the survey results came after northern Gold Coast residents went public with their concerns about the road and its impact on The Surrounds estate community.
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More than 210,000 vehicles use the M1 around the Coomera River on its busiest days, and a significant portion is local traffic accessing the Gold Coast’s northern suburbs.
The road, formerly known as the intra-regional transport corridor (IRTC), has long been part of the State Government’s future plans to reduce congestion but was dumped by the former Newman government in 2013, against the wishes of the Gold Coast City Council.
The project was restored in 2015 and the Palaszczuk Government gazetted the Nerang to Coomera section in March 2016 and the Coomera Stapylton section in May 2017.
It later became a political football at the 2017 state election when the LNP Opposition pledged to build the project.
Originally published as Coomera Connector: First look at $2.4B road’s transformation of Nerang