Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River upgrade
The Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River upgrade will improve traffic flow and safety.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Increases capacity
- Improves network efficiency
- Better road access
- Contributes to economy
- Better active transport
- Increases traffic flow
Key features
- Providing additional Gateway Motorway lanes.
- Improving connections with Bruce Highway, Bracken Ridge Road, and Deagon Deviation.
- Upgrading the Gateway Motorway curve at Bracken Ridge.
- Installing a shared pedestrian and bicycle path on the northern side of the motorway, including upgraded connections to Barfoot Street, Deagon Deviation, Wyampa Road.
Future planning consideration
Planning for this project also considered reconfiguring the existing Gateway Motorway from 6 to 8 lanes between Nudgee and Bracken Ridge. This is recommended as a future stage, to be delivered subject to funding and competing priorities.
Funding
This project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments.
Funding figures as at QTRIP 2024–25 to 2027–28 (June 2024).
Investment ID: 1510417
- Total investment
- $1 billion
- Australian Government
- $800 million
- Queensland Government
- $200 million
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Current status
Planning is now complete, with procurement for a design and construction contractor underway.
Construction is scheduled to commence in 2026.
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Consultation
Consultation with the community has been ongoing since planning commenced in 2020.
A summary of feedback received about the recommended planning for the Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River upgrade, is available.
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 Gateway Motorway (Bracken Ridge to Pine River) 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.
Community impacts
The department recognises these upgrades will create changes in the local areas and we are committed to minimising these as much as possible as the project progresses.
The department is working closely with Queensland Fire Department and Queensland Ambulance Service about the impacts on Bracken Ridge Fire and Rescue Station and Sandgate Ambulance Station. Both stations are being relocated to the local area to ensure continuity of services.
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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