Project

Coomera Connector - Stage One

PROJECT STATUS
Announced
Coomera Connector - Stage One

The Coomera Connector is a planned road transport network expansion over a 45-kilometre corridor between Loganholme and Nerang. The project will provide a new road link to the east of the M1 corridor, with new crossings of the Logan, Albert, Coomera and Nerang Rivers. 

Delivery of the project is being planned in stages. Stage One involves the construction of a 16-kilometre of stretch of road, up to six lanes wide, east of the M1 between Coomera and Nerang. 

Stage One of the project will also be divided into four stages: 

  • Stage One Early Works: including resumptions, investigations, environmental initiatives, PUP relocation works
  • Stage One North: Shipper Drive to Helensvale Road (Estimated Cost $300-400 million)
  • Stage One Central: Helensvale Road to Smith Street Motorway ($600-$700 million) , and 
  • Stage One South: Smith Street Motorway to Nerang Broadbeach Road ($150-200 million).

Scope of Stage One work will include:

  • high speed arterial road to complement the M1 and surrounding road network
  • grade separated interchanges at Helensvale Road, Gold Coast Highway, Smith Street and Southport Nerang Road
  • shared path to improve active transport
  • noise barriers and landscaping will be an integral part of the design
  • wildlife sensitive design and construction, and
  • a highly constrained corridor.

Details of the remaining stages, nominally between Loganholme and Coomera, are yet to be announced.

Key Dates

Sep 2020 Project Announcement
Dec 2020 RFP Open
2023 Construction Commencement: Stage One - North
Dec 2025 Expected Construction Completion

Funding contributions

Federal Government
Queensland Government

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads

PROJECT HISTORY

2018 The Coomera Connector was selected as the preferred option as part of the preliminary evaluation phase.
Nov 2019 The Queensland Government commenced consultation on the project.
Jul 2020 Infrastructure Australia positively assessed the preliminary evaluation of the entire project from Nerang to Loganholme.
Sep 2020 Further community consultation regarding key project negotiables was carried out.
Sep 2020 The Queensland Government made its major funding commitment.
Oct 2020 The Federal Government made its major funding commitment.
Dec 2020 An industry briefing session was held.
Mar 2021 Stage One Urban Design impressions were released.
Mar 2022 The 2022-23 Federal Budget allocated $11 million towards business cases for the future stages of the Coomera Connector.
Jun 2022 The 2022-23 Queensland Budget confirmed the estimated total cost for the Coomera Connector Stage One - Coomera to Nerang has increased from $1.5 billion to $2.2 billion. According to QTRIP, the Queensland Government has profiled $1.7 billion in funding over the next four years for the project, with the remaining $480 million allocated outside the forward estimates. This includes $265 million in FY2022-23.
Mar 2023 Main works commenced on Stage One - North, with the Queensland Government announcing that the three Coomera Connector stages are expected to progressively be completed from 2025.
Estimated Total Cost
(2022)
Sector
Road
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
Queensland | National |
Resources
Major Contract

Coomera Connector - Stage One - North

PROJECT STATUS
Under Delivery
Coomera Connector - Stage One - North

Delivery of the Coomera Connector Stage One from Coomera to Nerang is being planned in three stages. Stage One - North involves the construction between Shipper Drive and Helensvale Road. The delivery of North section will be further divided into two stages, that will be procured through a staged procurement process.

Key Dates

Dec 2020 RFP Open
Jan 2021 RFP Close
Nov 2021 Contract Award
Mar 2023 Construction Commencement
2025 Expected Construction Completion

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
Successful Tenderer: ACCIONA and Georgiou Joint Venture
Related contracts:
Design contract
Successful Tenderer - WSP and BG&E

PROJECT HISTORY

Dec 2020 Request for Proposal for the project opened on 1 December 2020, closing on 13 January 2021.
Mar 2021 The Queensland Government released artist's impressions of the design for the project. Feedback can be made on the impressions, closing 30 April.
Apr 2021 Preferred route confirmed for Coomera Connector's northern section.
Nov 2021 The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads awarded the Early Works contract for the North Package to ACCIONA and Georgiou Joint Venture, with WSP and BG&E selected as designers.
Jan 2022 Enabling works for Stage One - North of the project commenced.
Mar 2023 Main works commenced on Stage One - North, with the Queensland Government announcing that the three Coomera Connector stages are expected to progressively be completed from 2025.
Sector
Road
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
Queensland |
Resources
Government resources
Request for Proposal
Major Contract

Coomera Connector - Stage One - Central

PROJECT STATUS
Under Procurement
Coomera Connector - Stage One - Central

Delivery of the Coomera Connector Stage One from Coomera to Nerang is being planned in stages. Stage One - Central section involves construction between Helensvale Road and Smith Street Motorway in Parkwood.

Key Dates

Nov 2021 RFP Open
Dec 2021 RFP Close
2023 Expected Contract Award
2023 Expected Construction Commencement
2025 Expected Construction Completion

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Department of Transport and Main Roads
Related contracts:
Early Works
Successful Tenderer - Aurecon, Fulton Hogan, JF Hull Holdings, and McIlwain Joint Venture

PROJECT HISTORY

Dec 2020 An industry briefing session was held.
Nov 2021 Request for Proposals (RFPs) opened for an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) process, closing on 15 December.
May 2023 An Aurecon, Fulton Hogan, JF Hull Holdings, and McIlwain Joint Venture was awarded the contract to deliver the project's early works.
Sector
Road
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement | Other |
Location
Queensland |
Infrastructure Australia status
Under assessment
Resources
Media releases
2023/05/30
Tender notices
2021/11/03
Major Contract

Coomera Connector - Stage One - South

PROJECT STATUS
Under Procurement
Coomera Connector - Stage One - South

Delivery of the Coomera Connector Stage One from Coomera to Nerang is being planned in stages.

Stage One - South section includes delivery of a four-lane motorway from the Smith Street Motorway, Molendinar to Nerang-Broadbeach Road, Nerang; a grade-separated interchange at Southport – Nerang Road; and a new bridge crossing over the Nerang River.

Key Dates

Sep 2023 EOIs Open
Sep 2023 EOIs Close
2024 Expected Construction Commencement
Dec 2025 Expected Construction Completion

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Department of Transport and Main Roads
Procurement note:

The project is being delivered using an Early Contractor Involvement 

PROJECT HISTORY

Mar 2022 Expressions of Interest (EOI) were opened for Design Consultancy Services, closing on 5 April 2022.
Aug 2023 Expressions of Interest process for the Early Works Package from Nerang River to Nerang Broadbeach Road were opened, closing on 20 September.
Sep 2023 Expressions of Interest for an Early Contractor Involvement Process for Stage One - South of the Coomera Connector project were opened, closing 28 September.
Sector
Road
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement | Other |
Location
Queensland |
Infrastructure Australia status
Under assessment
Resources