Project overview
A 54 kilometre section of Main Road 92 (MR92) between Hames Road (15km southwest of Nowra) and Nerriga is being upgraded and sealed by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government and Shoalhaven City Council.
Funding of $80 million was announced in January 2001, comprising $34 million each from the NSW and Australian governments and $12 million from Shoalhaven City Council. An additional $15 million was provided in February 2009 by the NSW Government to complete the full length of the upgrade.
The project is being constructed in stages. The eastern 24 kilometre section (Hames Road to eastern boundary of Morton National Park) was constructed by Cut and Fill Pty Ltd. It was opened to traffic in June 2007 and included the reconfiguration of the Turpentine Road junction and realignment of four kilometres at Georges Yard, 18 kilometres west of Hames Road.
Current activity
The NSW Government has announced an additional $15 million to complete the Main Road 92 upgrade between Nowra and Nerriga.
The contract to complete the final stage of work has been awarded to NACE Civil Engineering Pty Ltd. The final stage of the project will deliver 20 kilometres of upgraded road from Tianjara Falls to Billy’s Hill near Bulee Gap. This final stage will improve the steep incline east of Sassafras and link the first two stages of work.
The final stage of work is expected to start mid-2009 and be completed in late 2010.
The original $80 million estimate for the project has risen to $95 million, since the original budget was determined in 2000.
Stage two, the nine kilometres from Bulee to Nerriga, is under way and expected to be open to traffic in mid-2009. A $22.5 million contract for the second stage of the upgrade from 44 kilometres west of Hames Road (near the Touga Road junction just east of the Bulee mountain area at Billy’s Hill) to Nerriga, was awarded to Nace Civil Engineering Pty Ltd in July 2007.
The second stage includes major improvements, widening, realigning and sealing to the existing steep and narrow section from Bulee Gap to the Endrick River. Earthworks and the new bridge near Bulee Gap are nearing completion and 3.5 kilometres of new pavement was sealed before Christmas 2008.
For all enquiries concerning operational matters relating to Stage 2 construction activities, please call the NACE Civil Engineering Pty Ltd site engineer, Clinton Woods on 0412 490 602, or the project supervisor, Bob Meins on 0412 464 866.
Motorists are advised to drive carefully on the remaining sections of gravel road as the road conditions are variable. Particular care should be taken in wet weather as unsealed sections of the road can become slippery.
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