Tag: pacific highway
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE TAKING SHAPE
After almost two years, construction of the new Hastings River bridge is complete. It’s part of the 23-kilometre Pacific Highway upgrade between the Oxley Highway and Kundabung. Although wet weather has caused some delays, the RMS says the project is still “generally” on track to open by Christmas. “We have a lot of challenges with…
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HIGHWAY NOISE ASSESSMENT TO BE RELEASED
State and Federal Governments have made plenty of noise over the success of their Pacific Highway upgrades, but for some living along the Urunga to Nambucca Heads stretch it’s been too much. Twelve months after it opened, a noise assessment report is due to be released next month. It will help residents work out if…
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY TO RECEIVE TWENTY NEW BRIDGES
The Pacific highway upgrade is more than seventy percent complete… but there’s still more bridge building to go. The contract for more than twenty bridges to be built along the final stretch of highway was announced this morning.
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FLOOD RESCUES IN NORTHERN NSW AFTER PEOPLE IGNORE WARNINGS
At least three flood rescues have been carried out in northern New South Wales, as a low and trough continues to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the region. The rescues have been the result of people ignoring flood warnings. Floodwater has closed the Pacific Highway in both directions between Grafton and Ballina, and…
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE PUSHING AHEAD
The Pacific Highway upgrade between Woolgoolga and Ballina is on track to be finished by 2020. Work to ensure the finished road doesn’t sink or crack is underway, with the structure beginning to take shape towards Yamba. Construction started on the 30-kilometre stretch between Glenugie and Tyndale in November last year, with major works from…
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BERESFIELD DRIVER REVIVER TO SHUT IN2017
The state’s busiest driver reviver will be shut down at the end of summer, to make way for road widening on the pacific highway. Thousands use the Beresfield stop each year, and with double demerits now in force, operators say demand has never been higher.
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ROGUE ROUNDABOUT CLAIMS YET ANOTHER HAPLESS HIGHWAY VICTIM
A notorious Pacific Highway blackspot south of Coffs Harbour has caused more dramas for motorists. The driver of this B-Double was taken to hospital early this morning with chest pains after his rig failed to make it through the England’s Road roundabout. The northbound vehicle jack-knifed, blocking one lane shortly before 4am. Its cargo remained…
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POLICE CAR INVOLVED IN HIGHWAY CRASH
Two people, including a police officer, were taken to hospital this afternoon following a crash on the Pacific Highway, north of Port Macquarie. A highway patrol car was turning to pursue a southbound vehicle near Cooperabung, when another car slammed into it. The officer was taken Port Macquarie Base Hospital suffering minor injuries, while the…
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FEEDBACK ON CLARENCE BRIDGE PLANS SOUGHT
Roads and Maritime Services is seeking community feedback on plans for a 1,500 metre bridge, to span the Clarence River at Harwood. Once built, the four lane structure will sit 30 metres downstream from the existing crossing. The bridge is one of two being built across the different parts of the waterway, during the $4.3…
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DASHCAM CAPTURES DRAMATIC TRUCK ROLL
Dramatic dashcam video has surfaced of a cattle truck accident on the Pacific Highway, north of Port Macquarie. The camera captured the moment the rig tipped on its side yesterday, while rounding a bend in a 60 kilometre-an-hour roadworks zone. The driver was lucky to escape injury, but some cattle had to be put down.…