Regional guide · Gold Coast
Named projects and commitments on the Gold Coast
The infrastructure and precinct commitments on the public record, with the source and the date on each.
Every figure on this page is sourced and dated. Where a figure is not published for this region, the page says so. Last updated 15 September 2026.
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| Project | Value | Date and status |
|---|---|---|
| Coomera Connector Stage 1, Coomera to Nerang | $3.5 billion, Australian Government $1.750 billion and Queensland Government $1.750 billion | Approximately 16 kilometres east of the Pacific Motorway, with four new interchanges, two new intersections and bridges over the Coomera and Nerang rivers; Stage 1 North of 4 kilometres opened to traffic December 2025; Stage 1 Central of 8 kilometres started September 2024 and is being built to six lanes; Stage 1 South of 4 kilometres started June 2025 |
| Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3, Broadbeach South to Burleigh Heads | $1.549 billion, Queensland Government $1.043 billion, Australian Government $395.6 million and City of Gold Coast $110.1 million | Open; 6.7 kilometres and 8 new stations, dual track in the centre of the Gold Coast Highway with two traffic lanes retained each side, five additional trams, journey time approximately 16 to 17 minutes; passenger services commenced 9 August 2026; the network is now approximately 27 kilometres with 27 stations from Helensvale to Burleigh Heads |
| Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 4, Burleigh Heads to Coolangatta | $30 million of planning funding, $15 million Queensland Government and $15 million City of Gold Coast | Planning stopped on 1 September 2025, with the published statement that there will be no further planning for Stage 4 at this time; preliminary evaluation completed June 2023 and final public consultation ran March to May 2025; the Queensland Government stated it would instead deliver enhanced direct bus services and a broader regional transport study |
| Pacific Motorway M1, Varsity Lakes to Tugun | $1.5 billion, split 50:50 between the Australian and Queensland governments at $750 million each | Complete; widened 10 kilometres between Exit 85 Varsity Lakes and Exit 95 Tugun from two lanes to a minimum of three each way, plus interchange improvements and new service roads; Package A completed November 2022, Package B April 2025 and Package C November 2025 |
| Pacific Motorway, Pimpama interchange, Exit 49 | Value not published on the project page | Interchange upgrade improving safety and traffic flow, listed as under construction in the Pacific Motorway M1 upgrade program |
| Gold Coast Arena, Brisbane 2032 | No dollar value published | A new venue in the published 2032 venue program, stated as fully funded and delivered by the City of Gold Coast rather than through the intergovernmental program; no delivery date is published and no Gold Coast competition venue appears on the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority venue list |
| Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Brisbane 2032 | No dollar value published | A venue upgrade in the published 2032 venue program, also stated as fully funded and delivered by the City of Gold Coast; no delivery date is published |
| Gold Coast Athletes Village, Brisbane 2032 | No dollar value published | Set to be located within the Royal Pines Resort development, proposed to include a high performance training facility and a masterplan residential development with a mix of housing types |
| Southport Priority Development Area | Not published as a capital figure | Declared 4 October 2013 across 198.3 hectares; development scheme in effect from 5 September 2014, amended 9 November 2021 and 22 July 2022; applications inside the boundary are assessed against the development scheme rather than the City Plan |
| Pinnacle Studios expansion | Value not published | Two production spaces of 820 square metres and 1,548 square metres currently operating, with an expansion scheduled for quarter four 2026 adding two purpose built sound stages totalling 4,365 square metres, a four level production office complex of 3,319 square metres, a 36 seat screening room, underground parking and 750 kilowatts of solar capacity |
| Tropical Cyclone Alfred recovery package | $169.297 million | Announced 7 July 2025 by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, focused on restoring South East Queensland beaches and supporting community recovery, following the 1 to 16 March 2025 event for which the City of Gold Coast was one of 18 activated local government areas |
| Yatala and Stapylton industrial land | Planning position, not a funded project | ShapingSEQ 2023, the South East Queensland Regional Plan, identifies Stapylton as a potential future growth area for industrial land, and the council has run a Yatala and Stapylton industrial area expansion investigation |
| Population projection to 2046 | Projection, not a project | The Queensland Government Statistician’s Office 2025 edition medium series projects the City of Gold Coast at 956,775 persons by 2046, from 633,598 persons at 30 June 2021, an increase of 323,177 persons or 51.0 per cent |
Values and dates as published by the Australian Government, the Queensland Government, the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Economic Development Queensland, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and the operators, at the dates shown. Where no value is published, none is stated: that includes every 2032 Games item on the Gold Coast. What any of these projects does to the value of an individual business is not something this page will guess at.
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