Gold Coast Highway (Helensvale - Southport), Pine Ridge Road and Captain Cook Drive, intersection
The department is continuing planning for future upgrades to the Gold Coast Highway at the intersection of Captain Cook Drive/Pine Ridge Road due to the high volume of traffic causing congestion and delays. The future upgrade aims to improve traffic flow and safety at the intersection.
This section of the Gold Coast Highway at Arundel carries around 50,000 vehicles per day. As a result, the intersection of Gold Coast Highway, Pine Ridge Road and Captain Cook Drive is experiencing considerable delays during peak periods.
This proposed concept design upgrade aims to:
- improve of the intersection for all road users
- provide shared path facilities for bike riders and pedestrians to encourage active transport
- improve traffic flow by adding additional through and turn lanes.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Increases capacity
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Reduces peak hour congestion
- Better active transport
Key features
- Lower the crest on the Gold Coast Highway on the western side to improve sight distance.
- Provision of new median and channelised intersection facility on Pine Ridge Road to allow for U-turns.
- Upgrade existing bus shelters on the Gold Coast Highway and Pine Ridge Road to indented bus stops.
- Provide of active transport facilities, including a shared path on the southern verge of the Gold Coast Highway, which is supported by shared paths on Gold Coast Highway northern verge, Pine Ridge Road and Captain Cook Drive.
- Improve safety at the intersection for active transport by reconfiguring existing slip lanes to provide protected signalised pedestrian crossings.
Current status
The business case is currently under review.
Community feedback
Community consultation was undertaken in August 2023 and feedback showed:
- local business owners were concerned with loss of on-street parking on Pine Ridge Road
- there was a concern the installation of the median on Pine Ridge Road would restrict ingress/egress for large trucks and vehicles requiring access
- removal of the current slip lanes and bottlenecking at the intersection was a concern for motorists.
Gold Coast Highway (Helensvale - Southport), Pine Ridge Road and Captain Cook Drive, intersection project location map
