Pacific Highway Upgrade

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GHD assisted the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) to improve road safety and reduce travel times on the Pacific Highway in Northern New South Wales. 

GHD's role involved the Woolgoolga to Wells Crossing and Oxley Highway to Kempsey projects. The scope of work included route option investigation, route selection concept design and extensive community consultation. An environmental impact study also looked at route selection to minimise impacts on sensitive environmental areas including endangered ecological communities, protected wetlands, national parks and nature reserves.

The upgrade delivered major improvements to road safety and travel times and reduced road user costs by decreasing fuel consumption, saving lives and boosting tourist numbers in the area.

The projects are part of the NSW and Australian Government's jointly funded Pacific Highway upgrade program managed by the RTA. This is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the history of NSW, representing one of the largest stages of the 10-year project.

The GHD team spanned three countries and a range of office across Australia.

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