Merging of Brisbane and Gold Coast powers on, but 'don't blame developers' for growing p
When driving along Queensland's M1 motorway, it can be hard to tell where Brisbane ends and the Gold Coast begins.
With around 170,000 vehicles travelling between the two cities every day, congestion is increasing in the suburbs of Oxenford, Coomera, Upper Coomera, Pimpama and Ormeau.
Property developer Greg Rix remembers the area as a mix of trees and dirt roads in 2001.
"Twelve-thousand to 15,000 people move to the Gold Coast every year, and the northern corridor was the obvious location where these people had to go to live," he said.
