Public holiday traffic starts early with delays up to one hour expected for holiday-goers

Motorists heading out of Brisbane for the long weekend are facing huge traffic jams, with 41-minute delays for those heading to the Gold Coast and even longer for northbound travellers.

Public holiday traffic continues to worsen with huge delays facing motorists heading both north and south out of Brisbaner.

The Bruce Highway north to the Sunshine Coast has been heavily congested since 8am, with delays building to an hour for the stretch from Narangba to Landsborough.

Traffic in Caboolture. Picture: Supplied.

Meanwhile, heading south is slowly getting busier throughout the day with the stretch between Roachdoal South and Helensvale experiencing 42-minute delays.

But traffic on the motorway seems to ease entirely after this.