Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway upgrades
The department has completed integrated planning for the Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway Upgrades in north Brisbane and the Moreton Bay Region.
Bruce Highway (Brisbane - Gympie), Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road upgrade (Stage 2), detailed design
The Bruce Highway (Brisbane-Gympie), Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road upgrades are being delivered in stages.
For further information on Stage 1, refer to Bruce Highway (Brisbane-Gympie), Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road (Stage 1) page.
Stage 2 'Bruce Highway, Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road upgrade (BGD)' seeks to improve traffic flow and safety and includes two new bridges across the Pine River, and new collector-distributor roads on either side of the Bruce Highway from the Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road.
A new shared active transport pathway will allow bike riders and pedestrians to cross the Pine River, through to Dohles Rocks Road.
Funding for delivery will be considered by the Australian and Queensland governments in due course.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Increases capacity
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Reduces peak hour congestion
- Better road access
- Reduces travel time
- Contributes to economy
- Better active transport
Key features
- 2 new bridges across the Pine River.
- Collector-distributor roads on either side of the Bruce Highway to Dohles Rocks Road.
- Extension of the shared active transport pathway across the Pine River to Dohles Rocks Road.
- A fauna underpass on the north side of Pine River bridges.
Funding
The Australian and Queensland governments have committed a total of $30 million on a 50:50 (federal:state) basis to progress design of the Bruce Highway, Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road (Stage 2) project. Delivery of Stage 2 is subject to further project development, site investigations and consideration.
Funding figures as at QTRIP 2024–25 to 2027–28 (June 2024).
Investment: ID 3217683
- Total investment
- $30 million
- Australian Government
- $15 million
- Queensland Government
- $15 million
Current status
Planning was completed in May 2024. Design is expected to commence in 2025.
Staged upgrades map
Consultation
Consultation with the community has been ongoing since planning commenced in 2020.
View a summary of feedback received about the recommended planning for the Bruce Highway (Brisbane-Gympie), Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road upgrade (Stage 2).
The department will continue to engage the community and provide further opportunities for feedback as the project progresses.
For more information on previously held community consultations for the upgrades, please visit the consultation page.
Environmental approvals
Environmental approvals are being progressed, with the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) assessing the Bruce Highway (Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road) section of the Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway upgrades under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) 1999.
This includes the opportunity for the public to provide comment. For further information, visit the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water website.
Sustainability
The department incorporates social, environmental, and economic costs and benefits when assessing and delivering infrastructure projects. These broad elements of sustainability are implemented using the Infrastructure Sustainability Council Rating Tool. The Infrastructure Sustainability Council program incentivises various sustainable initiatives, including best practices pollution control, environmental protection, community engagement and resource use.
This project will pursue the achievement of an Infrastructure Sustainability Council rating of ‘Excellent’ across both design and construction.
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