Roads and Maritime Services has awarded the contract to deliver upgrades to an 18-kilometres stretch of the Newell Highway, south of Boggabilla in New South Wales.
Fulton Hogan will deliver the $94 million Newell Highway – Mungle Back Creek To Boggabilla project, which involves re-surfacing, widening the highway’s lanes to 3.5 metres-wide in each direction and providing wider road shoulders, intersection improvements and two new overtaking lanes.
Works also include a one metre-wide centre line treatment to allow more room between vehicles travelling in each direction.
The project is part of the $229 million Federal Government’s National Highway Upgrade Program and the New South Wales Government’s $500 million Newell Highway Fund.
The Australian Government has also committed $2 million for the development of a Newell Highway Corridor Strategy.
The strategy aims to identify priority upgrades on the Newell Highway to increase freight productivity, improve safety and support the economic growth of communities along the corridor.
Work on the Mungle Back Creek To Boggabilla project is expected to start by late 2018, weather permitting.
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