Pacific Motorway Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill Upgrade (Watland Street to Sports Drive Upgrade)
The Pacific Motorway (M1) between Watland Street and Sports Drive was upgraded as part of a rolling program of upgrades between the Gateway and Logan motorways.
This upgrade focuses on widening the Pacific Motorway's southbound lanes from the Rochedale Road off-ramp (Exit 19) to Logan Road, and northbound lanes from the Watland Street overpass to the existing Sports Drive on-ramp.
This project was delivered as part of the Stage 2 - Pacific Motorway, Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill Upgrade.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Increases capacity
- Improves network efficiency
- Contributes to economy
- Better active transport
- Improves flood immunity
Key features
- Widened the M1 up to 4 southbound lanes between north of Exit 19 (Rochedale Road) to Logan Road.
- Widened the M1 up to 4 northbound lanes between the Watland Street overpass and the existing Sports Drive on-ramp.
- Extended the South East Busway to Springwood bus station.
- A new M1 on-ramp at Lexington Road.
- Widened Rochedale Road to three southbound lanes from the Rochedale Road off-ramp (Exit 19) to Springwood Road.
- Extended the V1 Veloway cycleway from Sports Drive to Watland Street.
- Smart motorways technologies.
Funding
The project was jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments.
$750 million – Stage 2: Pacific Motorway, Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill Upgrade, as published in the Queensland Transport and Roads Investment Program 2024-25 to 2027-28.
Investment ID 852345
- Total investment
- $750 million
- Australian Government
- $510 million
- Queensland Government
- $240 million
Current status
Construction was completed in August 2025
Project map
Schematic drawing showing the project extents for widening the M1 and V1 Veloway starting at Eight Mile Plains in the north and Daisy Hill to the south. Features include:
- location of the new Rochedale bus station and park 'n' ride at the corner of Underwood and School Roads
- location of the South East Busway extension between Eight Mile Plains and Springwood bus station
- location of the new M1 on-ramp at Lexington Road, Underwood that replaced the Sports Drive M1 on-ramp, and a new shared use path from Springwood Road to the new Rochedale bus station at Underwood Road.





