The Yatala South (Exit 41) interchange upgrade will deliver significant improvements in safety and traffic flow by keeping traffic moving through the improved interchange and thereby reducing queuing. Moonyah Workforce had been engaged to provide workforce resources to assist in the construction of this section of the M1 upgrade.

Client: Silverstrand

Services provided: Labour Hire

Value: $45 million

Location: Queensland

Duration: 2 years

The project will deliver a number of safety benefits to motorists using the M1 and the surrounding local road network, including Lahrs Road, Eastern Service Road, Computer Road and Cuthbert Drive.

The upgrade will improve traffic flow and increase efficiency at the interchange and improve reliability of access conditions for freight movements and transit times for all motorway users.

The project will improve traffic flow through the interchange by including a new bridge across the M1 with additional lanes, the upgrade of roundabouts to traffic signals and the relocation of on-ramps and off-ramps.

KEY FEATURES:

• Removing existing roundabouts and replacing them with signalised intersections to allow traffic to flow more efficiently.
• Realigning the existing southbound and northbound on-ramps and off-ramps away from the main interchange intersections to reduce conflict points and traffic queuing.
• Construction of a new bridge beside the current overpass to increase capacity across the interchange.
• Adding a free-flowing left turn slip lane on the southbound off-ramp for traffic heading north on the Eastern Service Road.

Project link: https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/pacific-motorway-exit-41-upgrade-interchange