21/01/2010 5:12:00 PM
Work is well underway on the upgrade to the Great Northern Highway between Lennard Street and Haddrill Road.

The Services Authorities have relocated all water, power and telecommunications services, which should mean an end to any major service disruptions (see ‘Emergency Contacts’ list to find out who to contact if you do experience problems).

Bus stops have been moved to their temporary locations during the roadworks, with gravel bus bays being created to allow buses to pull off to the side of the road to collect and drop off passengers.

Two lanes have been maintained throughout this phase of the work, and this will continue to be a priority for contractor Highway Construction.

Temporary accesses have been created for properties along the Padbury Road to Haddrill Road and McDonald Street to River Road stretch of the Highway, where a temporary sealed road has been created to the East of the existing road.

All land clearing has now been completed, with trees removed where necessary.

The project is currently running on schedule, and contractors Highway Construction are confident of works being completed by the middle of the year.

What’s next?

During the coming weeks the new section of the road will begin to take shape, with asphalting of the northern carriageway starting in late January.

Once the asphalting is completed in mid-March, traffic will be transferred across to this new section of road to enable work to begin on the southbound lane.

Work will continue on this section until late May.

Streetlights will start to be installed from early April and will be operational by the end of M

Comments and queries:

Highway Construction has appointed a Community Relations Manager (Louise Richardson) to act as the contact point for road users and the local community who have queries or concerns about the day to day management of the road works.

Louise can be contacted on 0411 141 842 or via email at gnh@hicon.com.au

You can also Contact Us through our website. Further information about the project can be found here at our GNH Section 1A Project Page.

On behalf of the construction workers and project team, we would like to thank you in advance for your patience and safe driving during this time.