Tag: pacific highway
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COFFS DOCTORS WORRIED ABOUT PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE
Coffs Harbour doctors are accusing both levels of government of playing political football with people’s lives. The ‘Doctors for a Safer Highway’ group fears the Pacific Highway upgrade won’t be finished by the 2016 deadline if both governments keep fighting over funding. “We can’t see this all now go back on the back-burner again and…
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CLOSE CALL FOR GIANT KNIGHT
The Macadamia Castle’s giant knight had a close call this afternoon after a B-Double crashed metres away from it on the Pacific Highway. Just before three, the truck and a car collided – sending the B-Double into a powerpole and bringing down live wires. The driver of the car, a man in his 60s was…
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2016 PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE DEADLINE UNDER THREAT
The Chairman of the Pacific Highway taskforce is calling on both governments to get on with the job. It comes after the 2016 duplication deadline was put into doubt, with Federal and State governments squabbling over funding
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KICKSTART TO TINTENBAR-EWINGSDALE PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE
And more on the Pacific Highway upgrade between Tintenbar and Ewingsdale Work on the dual carriageway upgrade is set to start early next year. The Federal and State government has announced the project will be fast tracked together with the section at Devils Pulpit. Both projects will cost almost $940 million.
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE AT TOP OF O’FARRELL GOVT’S AGENDA
Another deadly crash this week has highlighted the urgency to complete the upgrade of the Pacific Highway. The Pacific Highway Taskforce has invited the new Roads Minister Duncan Gay to Coffs Harbour to see the issues first hand.
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HIGHWAY JOURNEY ENDS IN FLAMES
A truck driver’s long journey North ended in flames at Chinderah this morning. He was travelling along the Pacific Highway when one of his wheels caught alight – the fire quick to rip through his rig.
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DOCTORS JOIN CALL FOR PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE
Doctors on the north coast have joined the calls for the urgent funding of the Pacific Highway upgrade between Warrell Creek and Urunga. The section of highway, which is one of the most deadly in Australia, has seen 25 fatalities in the past four years.
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EXTRA MONEY FOR PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE
Increased funding in this week’s state budget for Pacific Highway upgrades has been welcomed on the mid north coast. Pacific Highway Taskforce Chairman, Richie Williamson, says the increased spending of $147-million is good news for the region.
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE GETS GREEN LIGHT
The proposed upgrade of the Pacific Highway between Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga has received the final seal of approval. The project includes 25 kilometres of dual carriageway, as well as overpasses and underpasses at five locations between Sapphire and Arrawarra Beach. The improvement works are part of a $2.6-billion federal government investment in the Pacific…
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE DELAYED
Massive budget cuts on the Northern Rivers has seen the Tintenbar-Ewingsdale Pacific Highway upgrade delayed indefinitely. $245-million of promised funding for the Far North Coast section of the highway, including Banora Point has been cancelled. The decision to defer New South Wales’s contributions to the jointly funded project has outraged motorists and residents alike. The…