Mark Boothman MP Blog - January 2017 - Roads

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.

Beaudesert Beenleigh Road Upgrade near Shaw Pocket was completed just in time for Christmas. The upgrade allows vehicles to travel around the bend more safely at speed (80kmh). Thank you to the community for helping me achieve this goal. Now we need to fix the bend on Beaudesert Beenleigh Road 800 meters south of Dunns Road. It has claimed too many lives.