A $22 million project to improve an 11.75 kilometre stretch of the Pacific Highway between Ghinni Ghinni and Coopernook is underway.
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The upgrade, which started last month, will be carried out on both the northbound and southbound lanes between Oxley Bend Road and Harrington Road and includes resurfacing the road and improving road levels to provide a stronger, smoother surface and help improve surface water run-off during wet weather.
Work will be carried out 24 hours a day, seven days a week for eight months, weather permitting. However no work will being carried out during peak traffic periods including public holidays, long weekends and between Christmas and New Year.
This is part of a wider $40 million project along the Pacific Highway which has been underway for several months now, with projects already completed at Karuah, Topi Topi, Coolongolook and Middle Brother, and planning for Cundletown progressing well, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Barnaby Joyce said.
The $22 million project is jointly funded by the Australian and New South Wales governments on an 80:20 basis.
"On top of improving safety, the stimulus funding will also provide a welcome boost to the local economy, with the project supporting more than 70 workers over the next eight months," the Deputy Prime Minister said.
"On top of improving safety, the stimulus funding will also provide a welcome boost to the local economy, with the project supporting more than 70 workers over the next eight months."
Federal Member for Lyne David Gillespie said work is being delivered in stages along the highway, with a contraflow traffic arrangement in place to move motorists onto the opposite lanes and a reduced 80kph speed limit.
Myall Lakes MP Stephen Bromhead said crews will install new safety barriers and audio tactile line marking, also known as rumble strips, which alert drivers when they are drifting out of their lane and have been shown to reduce fatalities and injuries from run-off crashes.
"This project will be an absolute game changer for locals who will see greater safety outcomes along the route when these upgrades are complete."
More information on the projects is available at nswroads.work/pacific.
The Australian Government committed $297.4 million and the NSW Government a further $108.9 million to fund state-wide upgrades under the first tranche of the Road Safety Program.
The Australian Government has committed a further $125.7 million and the NSW Government $56.9 million under the second tranche of the Road Safety Program. For more information, visit www.officeofroadsafety.gov.au.
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