Great Western Highway


	LATEST NEWS TRAFFIC UPDATES For weekly updates on changed traffic conditions due to highway construction click here. WENTWORTH FALLS EAST For more information about the project click here MOUNT VICTORIA TO LITHGOW For more information about the project click here. LAWSON A supplementary Review of Environmental Factors (REF) for the proposed relocation of a water main is on display and comments are invited until 23 November 2009. For more information about the REF and the project click here.

The upgrade of the Great Western Highway in the Blue Mountains involves widening the highway to four lanes between Emu Plains and Katoomba and to mostly three lanes between Katoomba and Mount Victoria.

The upgrade works completed to date have led to improved travel times for motorists as well as providing a safer road environment for all motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. For more details see ‘Program objectives’ under ‘In this section’.

The RTA will continue to keep the local community informed on the status of the Great Western Highway upgrade through this website, community newsletters and local newspaper advertisements.

To view the latest community update click here.

For more information see ‘Community involvement’ under ‘In this section’.

Great Western Highway upgrade interactive map - March 2009

As of March 2009, 12 upgrade projects have been completed, two are in construction and the remaining five have planning or design underway. For more information on individual projects, click on the map below.