Logan Enhancement Project to deliver faster access to Gateway Motorway

At a turning-of-the-sod ceremony attended by state treasurer Curtis Pitt and Logan MP Linus Power, Mr Pitt enthusiastically thanked members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community who performed a smoking ceremony, before describing the state’s first market-led project as “fantastic”.

“This is exactly what market-led proposals are all about,” he said.  

“Transurban have done their sums, they’ve done them well.

“They’ve realised that getting partnerships with the state government and the trucking industry, to ensure that we get better and faster moving times, less idling in traffic, and less burning of fuel overall, will provide long-term savings.

“That is essentially the secret ingredient as to how a more than half-a-billion-dollar deal has come together.”

Member for Logan Linus Power said it was fantastic to see work start on vital improvements to the Mount Lindesay-Logan Motorway intersection.

“This is a real victory for the community campaign to improve the project – the outcome makes the intersection faster and safer,” he said.

According to Mr Power, the project has three key benefits – improving the Mount Lindesay intersection, faster travel to the Gateway Motorway, and bringing more jobs to the area through more reliable travel.

“The new interchange designs will reduce the amount of congestion that motorists currently experience and improve road safety for this busy intersection of motorways,” he said.

Main roads and road safety minister Mark Bailey was unable to attend the event due to illness, but in a statement he said construction funds from Transurban Queensland will be enhanced by increased tolls for heavy commercial vehicles using the network.

“This major construction will support 1300 jobs,” he said.

Mr Pitt confirmed there will be no cost to the Queensland taxpayer for the project, and there would be more such government and private sector infrastructure collaborations to come.