Brisbane traffic: 40km M1 congestion, Bruce Highway 25km delays
Traffic on the M1 southbound heading to the Gold Coast and Bruce Highway going north to the Sunshine Coast is crawling on Monday.
More than 40 kilometres of congestion had formed on the M1 and more than 25 kilometres of delays had clogged the Bruce Highway by lunchtime.
The view from a south-facing traffic camera on the M1 at Coomera about 11am on Monday.Credit:Department of Transport and Main Roads
Nine's 4BC radio traffic reporter Olympia Kwitowski said there were no crashes or breakdowns causing the slow travel, just the sheer volume of traffic.
"The M1 southbound delays extend from the Gateway Motorway merge at Eight Mile Plains down to Helensvale, which is about 40 kilometres," she said.
"The Bruce Highway northbound delays go for about 26 kilometres from the Pine River Bridge to Caboolture.
"Then it's okay for a while, but then the delays start again from the Glasshouse Mountains to Beerwah.
"It's really solid on the Bruce Highway, it's crawling, you'll be lucky to hit 20 km/h. On the M1, you are moving, just slowly."
Ms Kwitowski said the M1 was fine during the Monday morning peak, but traffic started to build up from about 10.30am onwards.
Nine, which owns this publication, is the majority owner of Macquarie Media, the broadcaster of 4BC.
Toby Crockford is a breaking news reporter at the Brisbane Times