Burchills were engaged to provide a review of the problem identification, options generation and assessment documentation and prepare a business case for the Yawalpah Road Project.

Council sought to confirm the upgrade requirements to Yawalpah Road, Pimpama, including but not limited to the following:

• Requirements (four lanes, six lanes, or combination) for approximately 5kms of road duplication (sub-arterial road) on Yawalpah Road between the M1 Pacific Highway Exit 49 and future Coomera Connector, including integration to existing and proposed interchange works.
• Signalised intersection arrangements along the length of Yawalpah Road including Gawthern Drive, Dixon Drives, Cunningham Drive and Kerkin Road on all four legs.
• General intersection arrangements at Salzberg Road, Cox Road and Swan Road.
• Bridge over rail duplication requirements.

The above has previously been assessed on strategic traffic demand modelling, however analysis has not considered the impact of key adjacent Transport and Main Roads (TMR) projects such as upgrades to Exit 49 and the Coomera Connector. Burchills are providing an updated business case based on forensic traffic demand modelling, including all known impacts.