Pacific Motorway

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M1 Pacific Motorway on the Gold Coast, October 2026: No Long-Running Roadworks Listed on the M1, but the Smith Street Off Ramp Is Closed to Early 2027 (Gold Coast, QLD)

The Smith Street Motorway eastbound at the exit to Olsen Avenue (photographed in 2018)

On 18 October 2026, the Queensland Government’s QLDTraffic feed listed no roadworks on the M1 Pacific Motorway itself on the Gold Coast, so there are no long-running M1 works to plan around. The long-running works are on roads that connect to it: the eastbound access ramp to Smith Street from the Smith Street Motorway at Arundel is closed to all traffic until early 2027, and the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) lists the M1’s next interchange projects as planning or design.

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Coomera Connector (M9) Status, October 2026: Stage 1 North Is Open, Central and South Are Under Construction, Stage 2 Is in Design (Gold Coast, QLD)

Sign for Stage 1 of the Coomera Connector on Nerang-Broadbeach Road, June 2026

Only one section of the Coomera Connector is open to traffic so far: Stage 1 North, the 4km between Shipper Drive at Coomera and Helensvale Road at Helensvale, which opened in December 2025. The other two Stage 1 sections, Central (Helensvale Road to the Smith Street Motorway) and South (Smith Street Motorway to Nerang-Broadbeach Road), are under construction, and the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) pages give no opening date for either.