M1 exit 3k over limit
MODEL turned international DJ Brooke Evers didn’t want a traditional wedding.
So, it came as no surprise when she took to the turntables in her wedding dress at ONE of the main exits on the Pacific Motorway has been operating at over capacity by almost 3000 vehicles a day for at least four years.
The latest bottleneck for the frequently congested M1 emerged after Albert MP Mark Boothman asked the State Government to provide the initial design capacity for Exit 57 at Oxenford and the number of vehicles using it.
The traffic signalling was struggling to deal with the amount of vehicles, he told Parliament.
Initial design capacity for Exit 57 in a 24-hour period was 16,330 vehicles per day westbound and 18,047 eastbound, data provided by Department of Main Roads shows.
But the latest recorded 24hour count, undertaken in 2014, found the interchange had 18,266 vehicles westbound which was 1936 above the limit.
On the eastbound ramp, 20,879 vehicles used the interchange, which was 2832 higher than the designed roads could manage in a 24-hour period.
Acting Minister Steven the reception. The Gold Coaster married her longterm beau Matt Stafford, one half of DJ duo The Stafford Brothers, in front of 250 guests at Byron Bay on Saturday.
The unique guest list featured Miles, in his reply to Mr Boothman, accused the former Newman Government and Albert MP of taking no action to address traffic growth on the interchange which was one of the Coast’s busiest.
“Consequently, the Department of Transport and Main Roads is currently conducting planning studies for short- and long-term upgrades of various interchanges on the M1, including Exit 57 at Oxenford,” he said.
“The primary objective of these studies is to increase safety and efficiency at these interchanges. Once these are complete, funding for any upgrade would be subject to com- The Bachelor’s Zilda Williams, Playboy Playmate Gemma Lee Farrell, sporting celebrities Ryan Lochte and Dustin Martin and entertainers Timmy Trumpet and Anthony Ikin.
“After 12 years I’m finally peting priorities across the state. That competition has become more challenging as a consequence of more than $600 million having been cut from transport funding during the term of the previous LNP government.”
Mr Boothman recalled planning for work which was undertaken in 2014-15 to lengthen turning lanes and create additional lanes which should have helped increase design capacity. He said the Labor Government had given no alternatives other than doing yet another study.
Parts of the Northern Gold Coast were growing at 20 per cent annually and the need for a viable alternative motorway was ever increasing, he added.
The Bulletin recently reported on new data which showed the M1 in hot spots like Coomera was headed to gridlock within “the next 12 months to 24 months”.
“The LNP will fight to build a second M1 to get you home safer and sooner. Motorists need a viable alternative to the M1 to ease the pressure on the already clogged road network and interchanges,” Mr Boothman said. a Stafford,” Evers told the Gold Coast Bulletin.
“It was the perfect day. I couldn’t be happier.”
Evers wore a strapless fishtail “Cinderella” dress created by Cappellazzo Couture.
Friends flew in from around the world to watch the couple tie the knot at the Elements of Byron Resort & Spa. The pair opted not to write their own vows, instead using the words of British Royalty, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.