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Coomera Connector
The Coomera Connector (M9), formerly known as the Intra Regional Transport Corridor during planning, is a partially under-construction 45-kilometre (28 mi) motorway that will connect Logan City with the Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. It will run parallel to the Pacific Motorway for its entire length and will run adjacent to the Gold Coast railway line south of Coomera.
Construction on the 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) stage 1 section between Nerang and Coomera commenced in March 2023. The northern section of stage 1 will be the first to be completed in late 2025, while the other sections of stage 1 will open in following years. The other stages of the motorway are currently under planning as of September 2021[update]. As of July 2022 the business case for future stages is due for completion by the end of 2023.
The route designation M9 and the confirmation of Coomera Connector as the official name was announced in August 2025.
The Coomera Connector is broken up into northern (between Loganholme and Coomera) and southern (between Coomera and Nerang) sections. The southern section, known as Stage 1, is 16 km (9.9 mi) long and is further broken up into three sub-sections, to be delivered separately:
The motorway is wide enough for six lanes. However, fewer lanes may be built in some sections in the medium-term, depending on transport demand modelling and available construction funding.
Hope Island railway station on the Gold Coast railway line, which is adjacent to the Coomera Connector, will also be constructed in conjunction with Stage 1.
Since the 1990s, the Coomera Connector corridor has been identified in various public planning documents and Gold Coast planning schemes. A joint 2015 study between the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) and City of Gold Coast confirmed the corridor as a future strategic transport link that will relieve traffic congestion on the Pacific Motorway. The Coomera Connector was also formally declared a future state-controlled road.
The Stage 1 corridor was gazetted in 2016, while the rest of the corridor (northern section) was gazetted between 2017 and 2019.
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Coomera Connector
The Coomera Connector (M9), formerly known as the Intra Regional Transport Corridor during planning, is a partially under-construction 45-kilometre (28 mi) motorway that will connect Logan City with the Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. It will run parallel to the Pacific Motorway for its entire length and will run adjacent to the Gold Coast railway line south of Coomera.
Construction on the 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) stage 1 section between Nerang and Coomera commenced in March 2023. The northern section of stage 1 will be the first to be completed in late 2025, while the other sections of stage 1 will open in following years. The other stages of the motorway are currently under planning as of September 2021[update]. As of July 2022 the business case for future stages is due for completion by the end of 2023.
The route designation M9 and the confirmation of Coomera Connector as the official name was announced in August 2025.
The Coomera Connector is broken up into northern (between Loganholme and Coomera) and southern (between Coomera and Nerang) sections. The southern section, known as Stage 1, is 16 km (9.9 mi) long and is further broken up into three sub-sections, to be delivered separately:
The motorway is wide enough for six lanes. However, fewer lanes may be built in some sections in the medium-term, depending on transport demand modelling and available construction funding.
Hope Island railway station on the Gold Coast railway line, which is adjacent to the Coomera Connector, will also be constructed in conjunction with Stage 1.
Since the 1990s, the Coomera Connector corridor has been identified in various public planning documents and Gold Coast planning schemes. A joint 2015 study between the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) and City of Gold Coast confirmed the corridor as a future strategic transport link that will relieve traffic congestion on the Pacific Motorway. The Coomera Connector was also formally declared a future state-controlled road.
The Stage 1 corridor was gazetted in 2016, while the rest of the corridor (northern section) was gazetted between 2017 and 2019.