The Department of Transport and Main Roads is upgrading the Ipswich Motorway, Wacol. Traffic travelling eastbound on the Ipswich Motorway will be diverted onto a new roadway until late 2009, weather permitting. The diversion will begin on the eastern side of the Progress Road interchange and will rejoin the existing Ipswich Motorway at Bullockhead Creek, west of the Centenary Highway Interchange. For further information please call the Wacol to Darra Team on 1800 605 410.

The Department of Transport and Main Roads is constructing the northern structure of the overpass on Beaudesert Rd. Work is scheduled to be completed mid 2010, weather permitting. Ongoing road work, drainage work and signalisation will be carried out in the vicinity of the intersection as work progresses. For more information on these works, please contact the project hotline on 1800 659 229.

Main Roads is extending the existing Pacific Motorway Bikeway from Miles Platting Road to the Logan Road Exit 14 from the motorway northbound at Eight Mile Plains. Works commenced on Monday 3 August, 2009 and are expected to be completed by late February 2010. Works will be carried out Monday to Friday from 7am to 5pm. Some night works will be necessary from 8pm to 5am, Monday to Friday. Minor delays can be expected due to lane closures and reduced speed limits through the work site on the Pacific Motorway. For more information phone the Project Manager on 3137 8367.

Darra Centenary Highway Interchange A new permanent exit ramp has opened for motorists travelling from the Centenary Highway southbound to the Ipswich Motorway westbound (towards Ipswich or Toowoomba). Motorists taking the Ipswich/Toowoomba exit from the Centenary Highway southbound now need to move to the right-hand lane when approaching the Centenary Highway Interchange to access the new ramp. Signage is in place to direct motorists. For further information contact the project team on 1800 605 410.