Oxley Highway to Kundabung Pacific Highway Upgrade
Project Overview
Client: Roads & Maritime Services
Length: 23 km
Duration: July 2014 to March 2018
Value: $670 million
Contract type: D&C
Works undertaken
The Pacific Highway upgrade is a significant infrastructure development aimed at improving safety and traffic flow. Spanning 23 kilometres from just north of Port Macquarie to south of Kundabung, the project enhances the highway with new interchanges, river crossings, and fauna-friendly infrastructure, providing a mix of motorway and arterial road standards.
Project Highlights
Major crossings over the Hastings and Wilson rivers.
Bypass of Telegraph Point.
Grade-separated interchanges at Blackmans Point Road and Haydons Wharf Road.
Fauna crossings for wildlife.
Challenges Addressed:
Hybrid fills in the northern areas.
Blasting adjacent to the existing highway
Working adjacent to live highway for large stretches of the project
Soft soils at locations around river crossings, drainage platforms, soil wicks and preload utilised
Acid sulphate soils around bridge approaches.
Drainage solutions for natural springs in large cuts.
Soil and erosion controls with high intensity rain events
Ausling's Contributions:
Provided structure and road surveillance officers.
Supplied utilities manager and office manager.
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