Building a Better M1 - 2020 POLICY DOCUMENT - Annastacia Palaszczuk
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2 0 2 0 P O LI C Y D O C U MEN T Building a Better M1
2 WORKING TOGETHER FOR QUEENSLAND BUILDING A BETTER M1
WORKING TOGETHER FOR
QUEENSLAND
WORKING TOGETHER FOR QUEENSLAND BUILDING A BETTER M1 1
Message from
the Premier
Labor is building a better M1.
Under my government, two major M1 upgrades at the Gateway Merge
and between Mudgeeraba and Varsity Lakes have been delivered.
Two more are underway now, between Eight Mile Plains and Daisy Hill,
and Varsity Lakes and Tugun. We’re not stopping there.
My government has a $5 billion plan to cut travel times and improve
safety on Queensland’s busiest highway.
That includes $2.7 billion in new projects to be delivered, which will
support Queensland’s economic recovery with more than 1,390 jobs.
Under our plan, we will commit $500 million for the next major
M1 upgrade between Daisy Hill and Logan, locking in this jointly
funded $1 billion project.
Our M1 exit upgrade program will support growing communities,
targeting exits at Yatala North, Yatala South, Pimpama and Ormeau.
My government will build the Second M1 too, taking cars off the M1 with
a $1.5 billion partnership locked in with the Federal Government to start
work next year on Stage 1 between Coomera and Nerang as part of our
economic recovery plan.
The previous LNP Government, with Deb Frecklington as Campbell
Newman’s Assistant Minister, ignored the M1 and scrapped plans for the
second M1. Not one new dollar was committed to upgrade the M1 by the
LNP as they cut $1.6 billion from Queensland’s roads budget and sacked
700 road builders.
Our M1 plan is fully funded and will continue Labor’s proud record of
building better roads and creating local jobs.
Annastacia
Palaszczuk
PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND
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Our Commitment
A re-elected Palaszczuk Government will continue delivering a now $5 billion
congestion-busting plan to build a better M1 and start construction on the first stage of
the Second M1, supporting more than 3,600 jobs. The joint funding for our M1 plan is
locked in and includes:
Committing our $500 million share of $1 billion to upgrade the M1 from
Daisy Hill to Logan (Logan Road to Loganlea Road), supporting 500 jobs
Committing to extending the busway to Logan, including new busway
stations and park ‘n’ rides as part of the Daisy Hill to Logan project
Continuing our M1 Exits Upgrade Plan, including:
• Upgrading Exit 41 at Yatala South and Exit 49 at Pimpama (funded
50:50 with the Australian Government - $192.6 million in total)
• Upgrading Exit 45 at Ormeau (funded 50:50 with the Australian
Government - $20 million in total)
• Continue planning for Exit 38 at Yatala North.
Starting construction on stage one of the Second M1 in mid 2021, with
$1.5 billion in joint funding locked in, supporting 700 jobs
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Our Plan
for Queensland
The Palaszczuk Government’s record Building a better M1 will continue under
investment in the M1 since 2015 has Labor, with $500 million committed towards
supported thousands of jobs. a $1 billion upgrade of the next priority
M1 section between Daisy Hill and Logan
We fought for a fair funding deal from the (Logan Road to Loganlea Road).
Federal Government and we succeeded.
Upgrading busy M1 exits will continue too,
Delivering a $2.3 billion pipeline of work on with work already underway at Exit 41 (Yatala
the M1 over that time has given industry South) and expected to start at Exit 49
certainty. (Pimpama) in 2021.
Under Labor that certainty will continue The Palaszczuk Government also has a plan
with our $5 billion M1 plan, supporting more to take traffic off the M1 by building stage
than 3,600 local jobs. one of the Second M1 between Coomera and
Nerang.
The Palaszczuk Government’s response to
COVID-19 has kept Queenslanders safe and Our plan for a new 16km arterial road will cut
allowed our economic recovery to begin. travel times and improve safety by providing
up to 60,000 local motorists an alternative to
While construction sites across the world the M1.
ground to a halt, work continued in
Queensland. Funding is already locked in for this $1.5
billion project and work will start in 2021.
On the M1, we’ve sequenced projects to
ensure no time was wasted, with one project Our plan will support a further 1,390 jobs on
starting just as another finished. new M1 projects and the Second M1.
It not only means construction jobs, but jobs These upgrades will reduce travel times so
for local earthmoving and landscaping people can be with their families instead of
businesses, to traffic management being stuck in traffic.
contractors, catering firms, fencing business,
landscapers, designers, engineers and many Importantly building a better M1 also means
more. boosting economic productivity by
reducing travel times for freight and
Two major M1 upgrades underway now are commercial goods meaning a stronger
employing almost 1600 workers. Queensland economy.
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LEGEND
— M1
— Second M1 Priority Stage
.... Second M1 Future Stages
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New $1 billion Dais y Hill to Logan M1 Upgrade
Palas zczuk Gove r nme nt ’s $1. 5 billion 16k m Se cond M1 Plan
Taking cars off the M1 by providing an alternative for local traffic:
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New bridge over Coomera River
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Six-lane road from Shipper Drive to the Gold Coast Highway
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Six-lane road from Gold Coast Highway to Smith Street Motorway, connecting south
to Nerang Broadbeach Road.
Improves safety Reduces peak hour congestion
Increases traffic flow Better road access for locals
Reduces travel time Better active transport
Contributes to economy Reduces interchange queuing
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The Palaszczuk
Government’s Record
The M1 connects two of Australia’s largest Two much larger upgrades between Eight
cities – Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Mile Plains and Daisy Hill at Logan and
between Varsity Lakes and Tugun on the
It is one of the busiest stretches of road Gold Coast are underway now.
in the country, serving as a key interstate
commuter, freight and tourist route. More M1 exit upgrades at Coomera (Exit 54) and
than 150,000 vehicles travel on the M1 Oxenford (Exit 57) have also been completed
between Brisbane and the Gold Coast each since 2016.
day.
The Palaszczuk Government backed record
That number rises to more than 200,000 investment in the M1 after upgrades ground
around the Gold Coast’s growing northern to a halt with three lost years under the LNP.
suburbs, with locals using the M1 for local
trips around the Gold Coast. Building a better M1 will continue under
Labor, with $500 million committed towards
Since 2015, the Palaszczuk Government a $1 billion upgrade of the next priority
has successfully worked with the Federal M1 section between Daisy Hill and Logan
Government to fund, build and open two (Logan Road to Loganlea Road) and $1.5
M1 upgrades at the Gateway Merge and billion Second M1 project fully funded and
between Mudgeeraba and Varsity Lakes. due to start construction in 2021.
NEW M1 FUNDING SECURED BY LABOR vs LNP
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The Newman-
Frecklington Record
The previous Newman LNP Government A quick Google search shows the LNP’s
has a shameful record when it comes to track record of misinformation and
investing in the Gold Coast and the M1. mishandling on the M1 and the Second M1.
The M1 was already one of the busiest The current LNP plan for the Second M1 is a
highways in Australia when the previous traffic nightmare for the Gold Coast.
LNP Government came to power under
Campbell Newman. The LNP have only committed to a six-
kilometre stage one from Coomera to the
Rather than funding it, the LNP ignored old Gold Coast Highway.
the M1 and focused on cutting the roads
budget, sacking workers and reducing Their stage one leaves out the entire
frontline services. 10-kilometre southern section from the Gold
Coast Highway to Nerang.
With Deb Frecklington as his Assistant
Minister, Campbell Newman’s LNP Under the LNP, 100 per cent of the northern
refused to spend a single new dollar Gold Coast traffic using the LNP’s Second
upgrading the M1. M1 will end up on the old Gold Coast
Highway, pushing up to an extra 60,000 cars
Instead, the LNP cut $1.6 billion from every day through Helensvale, Parkwood,
Queensland’s roads and transport budget Biggera Waters and Labrador.
and sacked more than 20 per cent of TMR’s
staff, including 700 roadbuilders. Labor’s full 16km route for stage one of
the Second M1 will allow access to Smith
The LNP didn’t even bother to start the Street and Nerang Broadbeach Road, giving
planning or business cases for any road or locals more options and freeing up the M1
exit upgrades on the M1. for genuine long-distance travel rather than
local trips.
Not content to set back progress on the M1
by years, the LNP also cut the Second M1 And what’s the LNP’s plan for the M1?
from long term plans, adding years to the There isn’t one. Just like last time.
delivery of that project too.
M1 JOBS UNDER LABOR vs LNP
Queensland
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