Works on a third project, as part of a $20.079 million upgrade package of the Mitchell Highway in New South Wales will begin soon.
The 1.4-kilometre Larras Lee project is one of five parcels of work on the Mitchell Highway between Orange and Wellington, set to deliver improved safety in the State’s Central West.
Funded by the New South Wales Government through the Towards Zero Safer Roads Program, the $4.853 million project will be the largest of the five delivered so far.
The Towards Zero Safer Roads Program is a road safety infrastructure and speed management treatment program that aims to deliver sustainable and long-term reductions in road trauma through upgrades to the existing road network.
Larras Lee project works will include the installation of new roadside barriers and centreline wire rope to reduce the incidence of off-road and head-on collisions.
More rumble strips will be installed to alert drivers if they leave their lane, shoulder widening and a new pull-over bay, culvert upgrades for improved drainage, and new sealing, kerb and guttering.
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Transport for NSW has been improving safety along a 50 kilometre section of the Mitchell Highway for the past few years with a number of projects now complete.
The latest sections completed and now open to traffic include Vittoria Curve in May 2024, following Vittoria East and East Guyong which were completed in December 2023.
Craig Matthews, Director Maintenance and Delivery for Transport for NSW, said the work at Larras Lee follow the completion of other important works.
These include the completion of a culvert extension and shoulder widening along a 270-metre stretch of highway at Apsley, and upgrade of a 700-metre section of highway with a wider road shoulder and new audio tactile line marking (rumble strips) at Cundumbul.
“Ongoing favourable weather conditions have helped our hard-working crews deliver the Apsley and Cundumbul projects ahead of schedule and their attention can now turn to the bigger parcel of work planned at Larras Lee, about 10 kilometres north of Molong,” said Matthews.
“Along with the work at Apsley, Cundumbul and Larras Lee, safety upgrades are also planned outside of Molong and at Neurea. All five projects have been identified as vital work to boost the efficiency and safety of the Mitchell Highway.”
Work will begin on Tuesday 1 April and is expected to take four months to complete.
For more information, visit: www.transport.nsw.gov.au/
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