Next stage of Ipswich Motorway underway

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

The next stage of works on the $2.5 billion upgrade of the Ipswich Motorway has commenced with the first sod turned by the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport, the Hon Maxine McKew MP, and the Queensland Roads Minister, Craig Wallace.

This upgrade is expected to directly and indirectly support over 6,700 jobs for the region, making it one of the largest construction sites in the country. Jobs on the site vary from carpenters, concreters, crane drivers, form setters, labourers, pipe layers, plumbers, steel fixers, traffic controllers and truck drivers.
The upgrade will involve widening the motorway to a minimum of six lanes and the construction of new bridges, a supporting network of local and service roads, and new pedestrian and cycle infrastructure.

The works will improve traffic flow along this key freight route during peak periods and will reduce travel times for the 80,000 motorists who use this route every day.

The first of the Ipswich Motorway upgrades at the Ipswich/Logan Interchange is due for completion before the end of the year. Both stages of the Wacol to Darra upgrade will be completed by December 2010 and the Dinmore to Goodna upgrade is scheduled to finish in 2012.

For more information on the Ipswich Motorway upgrade visit the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government website.

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