Broome Highway Realignment
C197/06
Main Roads WA
Broome, WA
June 2007 – December 2007
$13.2 million
Highway Construction completed Stage 2 of the Broome Highway Realignment in December 2007. The new alignment connects Broome Highway to Port Drive via Gubinge Road, allowing road trains and other heavy vehicles to bypass the city centre when travelling to and from Broome Port. This will greatly improve the safety of pedestrians and motorists, and provide road trains with quicker access to the port. Noise and pollution levels in the Broome townsite will also be reduced as a result of the realignment.
Major features of the works include the construction of 2km of new road and 1.3km of dual carriageway on the new route. Works also comprised the upgrade of major intersections along Gubinge Road to two-lane roundabouts to cater for road trains. Two major 13 and 7 barrel culverts were installed by local subcontractor BC Coastal, using 1.2m wide reinforced concrete boxes, at the new Broome Highway / Port Drive intersection to accommodate the torrential downpours that hit Broome during the wet season.
- Redesign of Cable Beach Road roundabout to avoid encroachment on an area of Aboriginal and environmental significance.
- Asphalt mix using local stone from Nillibubacca quarry, which required on-site development.
- 4500m2 of patterned concrete infill.
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