Coomera Connector (Future stages) Loganholme to Coomera, planning

Coomera Connector (Future Stages), between Loganholme and Coomera, is around 29km and will connect with Coomera Connector Stage 1.

The Coomera Connector (M9) is a future 45km north south motorway between Loganholme and Nerang, east of the Pacific Motorway (M1) and the Gold Coast heavy rail line.

The business case for Coomera Connector (Future Stages) is complete and currently under review by Infrastructure Australia (IA).

Planning continues for future stages of the Coomera Connector, including Stage 2, the next priority section of the new motorway, from Yawalpah Road in Pimpama to Shipper Drive in Coomera.

The decision to proceed with future stages of the Coomera Connector, and the timing, will be at the discretion of the Australian and Queensland governments.

Benefits

Improves safety
Increases capacity
Improves network efficiency
Increases traffic flow
Reduces peak hour congestion
Reduces interchange queuing
Reduces travel time
Contributes to economy
Better active transport

Key features

Connection to Coomera Connector Stage 1 via Stage 2, the next priority section, from Pimpama to Coomera.
29km high-speed motorway from Loganholme to Coomera (including Stage 2).
29km walking and bike riding path, with connections to local roads and key community hubs.
Additional bridge crossings of the Logan and Albert rivers, providing crucial alternative crossings to the M1.
8 new interchanges.
Wildlife crossings to support safe movement between habitat areas.

Funding

The Australian and Queensland governments committed a total of $22 million on a 50:50 (Federal:State) basis for planning future stages of the Coomera Connector from Loganholme to Coomera. With the business case finished, this work is now complete.
Investment ID: 2012259 (QTRIP 2023-24 to 2026-27).

Total investment: ^$22 million

Australian Government: ^$11 million

Queensland Government: ^$11 million

Key milestones

2016-2019: Road corridor confirmed and gazetted (protected).
2019: Community consultation on whole 45km corridor undertaken.
2020-21: Assessment of alternative alignments at Eagleby, including community consultation.
October-November 2023: Community consultation held.
March 2024: Business case completed and currently under review.
October 2025: Referral under the EPBC Act submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).

Coomera Connector (Future stages) Loganholme to Coomera project map

Coomera Connector Future Stages Project Map - October 2023

Flythrough video

Transcript

The Queensland Government is progressing planning for the future stages of the Coomera Connector between Loganholme and Coomera.

Once complete, the Coomera Connector will be a 45-kilometre new motorway between Logan and the Gold Coast, which will relieve congestion on the M1 by providing an alternative route for local trips.

The corridor will be wide enough for up to 6 lanes of traffic and will include provision for public transport and a dedicated shared path for cyclists and pedestrians.

Eight grade separated interchanges along the 29-kilometre future stages corridor will improve connectivity and support the growth of residential, commercial and industrial areas of the northern Gold Coast.

Since 2022, we’ve been working with a range of experts to develop a business case and concept design for this project.

The business case is a detailed investigation into all aspects of the project including social impact, engineering, economic analysis and costing, concept design and environmental assessment.

Once the business case is complete the Australian and Queensland Governments will make decisions on the funding, staging and timing of the future stages of the Coomera Connector.

Minimising impacts to the environment, while delivering infrastructure projects that support the needs of a growing population, is a key objective for the Queensland Government.

A comprehensive program of bio-diversity surveys and field investigations have taken place over 18 months as part of the environmental assessment.

These investigations have helped inform the design of the road to limit environmental impacts as much as possible.

The mitigation measures in the concept design will be assessed by the Australian Government as part of the environmental approvals process.

We've also developed hydraulic models to ensure the Coomera Connector can be built in a way that does not worsen any flooding impacts in flood prone areas.

These models, which are being assessed by independent experts, have informed the design of the road which includes bridges, embankments, culverts and other measures.

Improving the active transport network is also a key objective of the Coomera Connector project.

A dedicated active transport path will extend along the full route with connections to key community hubs between Loganholme and Nerang.

We've also carried out extensive traffic modelling to determine how the Coomera Connector will work with the existing road network and to identify what future local road upgrades might be required.

The business case for the future stages of the Coomera Connector is on track to be finished by the end of 2023.

The environmental approvals process and decisions by the Australian and Queensland Governments on funding, staging and timing will follow.

To find out more about the Coomera Connector project, visit tmr.qld.gov.au/coomeraconnector.

Community consultation

Initial community consultation on the Coomera Connector was undertaken in late 2019. While 4 out of 5 people surveyed at that time supported the Coomera Connector being built as soon as possible, some community members had questions about the alignment of the Coomera Connector near Eagleby and potential impacts on the wetlands at Eagleby.

In 2021, we assessed 6 alternative alignments put forward by the community for the Coomera Connector around Eagleby. The assessment determined the gazetted Coomera Connector alignment provides the best overall outcome compared to the alternative alignments. Community consultation was also completed in 2021 to seek feedback on the results of the assessment.

In 2023, community consultation on the concept design plans for Coomera Connector Future Stages was conducted over a 5-week period. Overall, feedback was generally positive with 68% of residents and 72% of businesses being supportive of the Coomera Connector as a potential solution for helping to ease congestion on the M1 in the future. Read the community consultation summary.

The results from community consultation in 2019, 2021 and 2023 informed the project's business case.

We value input from the community and continue to offer opportunities for consultation with stakeholders.

Local road connections

We identified locations for 9 interchanges in the future stages of the Coomera Connector, to better link people, industry and business.

View the interchange layouts:

Amending the corridor to achieve better outcomes

As part of development of the Coomera Connector (Futures Stages) business case, we identified three locations for corridor amendments to improve outcomes and reduce environmental impacts. These locations are the crossing of the Logan River in Eagleby, Kerkin Road North in Pimpama and Foxwell Road in Coomera.

The changed alignment in Coomera and Eagleby was re-gazetted on 27 June 2025, with the Pimpama corridor amendment to be considered in upcoming phases of the project.

Environmental impacts

We are committed to delivering infrastructure projects that support the needs of a growing population while minimising and mitigating impacts to the environment.

To ensure the Coomera Connector is designed and delivered in an environmentally sensitive manner, we are working with a range of subject matter experts and stakeholders.

Qualified ecologists have conducted thorough land and water surveys to support environmental approvals under the Australian Government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999.

These surveys have informed the mitigation measures included in the concept design for Coomera Connector (Future Stages).

A referral under the EPBC Act has been submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.