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New Concrete plants to supply section of Pacific Highway upgrade

Two concrete mixing plants will be built to supply more than 80,000 cubic metres of concrete for the Halfway Creek to Glenugie section of the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade.

Two concrete mixing plants will be built to supply more than 80,000 cubic metres of concrete for the Halfway Creek to Glenugie section of the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade. Two concrete mixing plants will be built to supply more than 80,000 cubic metres of concrete for the Halfway Creek to Glenugie section of the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade.

The Halfway Creek to Glenugie section of the highway is part of the larger 155-kilometre duplication between Hexham and the Queensland border.

The upgrade will include twin bridges above Halfway Creek and Wells Crossing Creeks.

New South Wales Parliamentary Secretary for the North Coast Chris Gulaptis said in statement that the two concrete mixing plants would supply the project with concrete for road surfaces, bridge and drainage structures.

“The main facility is being built along the new highway alignment for efficiency and to help remove heavy vehicles accessing the project from the existing Pacific Highway,” Mr. Gulaptis said.

This plant will be situated 600 metres north of Parker Road on the eastern side of the highway, while the smaller plant will be built at the corner of Parker Road and the existing Pacific Highway at Wells Crossing.

New South Wales Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay said in a statement that major work started on this section in June, bringing a four lane divided Pacific Highway one step closer to being complete.

“More than 80 per cent of the Pacific Highway duplication is now either completed, under contract, or currently under construction, with works on track for completion by the end of the decade,” Mr. Gay said.

“The 12-kilometre Halfway Creek to Glenugie project will join with the Glenugie upgrade completed in February 2012. It is expected that work on this section will be finished in 2017.”

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