The Pacific Motorway Upgrade from Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill forms Stage 2 of the Pacific Motorway M1 North upgrade project. The upgrade will deliver new transport facilities and significantly improve the overall efficiency of the 8kms of the Pacific Motorway (M1) situated between the Gateway Motorway and Watland Street.

The project will deliver five key improvements:

• Widening of northbound lanes to 5 lanes
• Widening of southbound lanes to 4 lanes
• Busway extension
• New bus station and “park ‘n’ ride”
• Completion of missing cycleway link

The project will deliver numerous benefits for commuters and the community. Drivers can expect a reduction in travel time and peak hour congestion from the increased capacity and traffic flow as well as better road access. Active transport will become a more viable option with cyclists benefitting from the completed cycleway link. All of these developments will contribute to an overall increased network efficiency as well as improved safety and flood resistance.

With the Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill upgrade being such a large undertaking, it was broken into four staged construction packages:

• Package 1 – Sports Drive to Gateway Motorway
• Package 2 – Pacific Highway early works
• Package 3 – Watland Street to Sports Drive
• Package 4 – Rochedale bus station and “park ‘n’ ride”

Construction is now close to completion on Packages 1 and 2 with Package 3 recently commencing and Package 4 in the detailed design phase.

For the entire Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill upgrade, CV is responsible for delivering all road lighting, traffic signals and ITS, including:

• Over 500 street lights
• 10 sets of traffic signals
• Over 100km of electrical cable
• 20km or fibre optic cable

Over 20,000 work hours have already gone into the upgrade with a total of 50,000 work hours expected to go into the project by its completion.