CIMIC Group company CPB Contractors has been selected by the South Australian Government to deliver the next stage of the Augusta Highway Duplication – Port Wakefield to Lochiel.
Funded by the Australian and South Australian governments, the contract will generate revenue of approximately $132 million to CPB Contractors and is to be delivered under the Port Wakefield to Port Augusta Alliance with the Department for Transport and Infrastructure, Aurecon Australasia and GHD.
The Augusta Highway Duplication project will overall aim to improve safety and travel times and will build on existing investments to duplicate priority sections of the highway from Port Wakefield to Port Augusta.
The project duplicates the existing Augusta Highway with a new two-lane carriageway, and intersection/junction treatments, between the intersection of the Port Wakefield Highway, Copper Coast Highway and Augusta Highway, and the township of Lochiel.
The duplication works to be undertaken by CPB Contractors will improve road safety, route reliability and network resilience of the Augusta Highway, while reducing travel times and improving access for high productivity vehicles.
CPB Contractors Managing Director Jason Spears said the project would be delivered in conjunction with the South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport.
“Drawing on the local knowledge acquired in delivering the Port Wakefield Overpass and Highway Duplication Project, we will ensure that economic, employment and training opportunities for the local regional communities are maximised,” he said.
Work will commence in 2022 and is scheduled to be completed in 2023.
For more information on the Augusta Highway Duplication project click here.
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