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Princes Highway Upgrade

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Subjects -  Roads: Princes Highway; Road Transport Industry; Road Safety
Business - Deferred Answers, Questions Without Notice
Commentary - Asked by Gordon Moyes on 6 May 2004


    PRINCES HIGHWAY UPGRADE
Page: 9730


    On 6 May Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes asked the Minister for Transport Services, representing the Minister for Roads, a question without notice regarding the Princes Highway upgrade. The Minister for Roads provided the following response:
            The State Government has committed $380 million to upgrade the Princes Highway to 2010. Major projects completed so far under the program include:

    • $34 million for the Oak Flats interchange.
    • $1.55 million for north and southbound overtaking lanes between Yowaka River and Harts Creek, south of Pambula.
    • $4.4 million for the extension of north and southbound overtaking lanes south of Belinda Street, Gerringong.
    • $10 million for the realignment of the highway between Yellowpinch and Millingandi, south of Bega.
    • $2.3 million for the new southbound overtaking lane at Alsops Creek, north of Bega.
    • $3.4 million for the widening and realignment of the highway at Mogo and widening of the remaining narrow sections of the highway between Mogo and Moruya.
            The $141 million North Kiama Bypass is currently under construction and proposed dual carriageways from Oak Flats to Dunmore are part of a wider plan to provide a four-lane divided highway to Kiama and then to the Jervis Bay Road turnoff south of Nowra.
            Options are currently being investigated for the length of the Princes Highway between Gerringong and Bomaderry to meet future demands on the road.
            In addition, on 27 May 2004 I announced a major road safety review of the Princes Highway. The investigation will cover:

    • The circumstances of recent fatal crashes on the highway.
    • An audit of road conditions along the highway from Yallah to the Victorian border.
    • Facilities along the highway, including rest areas, overtaking lanes and signage.
    • The appropriateness of current speed limits.
    • Police enforcement activities along the highway.
    • Issues associated with heavy vehicles on the Princes Highway.
    • Future priorities for upgrading the Princes Highway.

    The Princes Highway Safety Study findings will be announced later this year.


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