The Gateway Motorway to Bruce Upgrade (G2BU) project is a combination of previously separate projects – the Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River Upgrade, and the Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road Upgrade – Stage One.
The full scope of the G2BU project includes:
- upgrading the remaining four-lane section of the Gateway Motorway to six lanes and eight lanes between interchange ramps
- upgrading the Gateway Motorway/Bracken Ridge Road/Deagon Deviation to motorway standard
- upgrading the motorway curve at Bracken Ridge
- upgrading the Gateway Motorway/Bruce Highway/Gympie Arterial Road interchange
- a new Wyampa Road bridge over the Gateway Motorway
- a new shared active-transport pathway
- fauna fencing and two fauna underpasses, and
- noise barriers.
Key Dates
| Sep 2024 | EOIs Open |
| Oct 2024 | EOIs Close |
| Sep 2025 | Expected Construction Commencement |
| Sep 2025 | Expected Contract Award |
| Dec 2029 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| Federal Government | |
| Queensland Government | |
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Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River upgrade: $1 billion Australian Government: $800 million Queensland Government: $200 million
Bruce Highway (Brisbane - Gympie), Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road upgrade (Stage 1): $948 million Australian Government: $758.4 million Queensland Government: $189.6 million |
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Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Department of Transport and Main Roads |
| Procurement note: | The project will be delivered through a Design and Construct contract, with the successful tenderer selected through an Early Contractor Involvement process. Two proponents will be invited to execute a Stage One Contract, including preliminary planning and design work over a 16-week period, prior to the announcement of a successful Stage Two Offer to deliver the project. |
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PROJECT HISTORY
| Dec 2023 | The Queensland Government announced the whole Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road upgrade project's total estimated cost had increased to $1.9 billion, with Stage One a total estimated cost of $948 million. |
| Jun 2024 | The Queensland Transport and Roads Investment Program 2024-25 confirmed Stage One has a total estimated cost of $948 million. The Budget allocated $393 million to the project over the next four years, with $519 million in expected expenditure outside the forward estimates. |
| Sep 2024 | The Queensland Government opened Expressions of Interest for the delivery of the Gateway to Bruce Highway Upgrade (G2BH) project, closing on 8 October. The G2BH Project includes delivery of the Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rock Road Upgrade and Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River upgrade. The project will be delivered through a Design and Construct contract, with an Early Contractor Involvement process. |
| Oct 2025 | The Queensland Government has awarded a Design and Construct contract to deliver the project, to the Gateway Connect Joint Venture, comprising CPB Contractors, BMD and Georgiou, GHD and BG&E. |
