Mark Boothman MP Blog - Roads

Today's Question On Notice is to the Minister for Main Roads regarding upgrading M1 Motorway interchange at Ormeau North Exit 45. (The Minister has 30 days to answer the question) In addition, today Premier Palaszczuk refused to answer my Question Without Notice in the Queensland Parliament about the desperate need to upgrade M1 Motorway Exit 49 Pimpama.

Today I wrote to the Minister for Main Road seeking an update on design works at numerous M1 Motorway Interchanges.

The completed M1 Motorway Exit 54 interchange seems to be handling the school traffic rather well. Whilst it is important to upgrade the other interchanges, we desperately need another Motorway between Logan and the Gold Coast. With tens of thousands of people moving to the Northern Gold Coast in the coming years, the need for a new alternative Motorway must be a priority.

There are a lot of excited students heading to their first day of school. Please take extra care around our schools. Kids can be so unpredictable and forget their surroundings

Last week, I again reminded the Minister for Main Roads of the importance of allocating funds to build an additional lane for vehicles traveling from Tamborine- Oxenford Road to have direct access to the M1 Motorway Northbound at Exit 57. Previous letters have detailed to the Minister, the volumes of vehicles that use this interchange daily and issues of traffic queuing caused by multiple traffic control signals so close together.