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- ↑ South East Busway Extension, Queensland Government, archived from the original on 11 June 2010, retrieved 25 July 2010
- ↑ Main Roads Pacific Motorway Transit Project Newsletter #3 Archived 29 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine (May 2007)
- ↑ "Pacific Motorway, Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill Upgrade (Rochedale bus station and park 'n' ride upgrade)". Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ↑ "Pacific Motorway, Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill Upgrade". Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.