Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) published a corridor strategy for the area from Ballina to Tenterfield in 2009. This strategy identifies short term and longer term priorities for the Bruxner Highway, which is the key route within this corridor.

These priorities are based on a process of identifying the existing deficiencies in the road network and identifying likely future changes in the corridor that would also impact the performance of the network.

Background

All organisations that are responsible for large and complex infrastructure systems are challenged by how to best manage and enhance these systems to maximise the benefits for the community. Networks include road, rail, water, air, sea and telecommunications systems at a national, state and local levels.

A way of working through this complexity is to undertake network and corridor planning to:

• Identify existing and anticipated performance issues.
• Determine relative work priorities.
• Develop appropriate strategies to address these over the longer term.

The Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority)'s Network and Corridor Planning Practice Notes (2008) improve Roads and Maritime Services' (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) planning efforts to coordinate works to deliver benefits to the community. Recognising the need to prioritise how we invest in the road network, corridor strategies help guide Roads and Maritime Services' (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) future investment decisions.

BALLINA TO TENTERFIELD CORRIDOR

The Ballina to Tenterfield Corridor, serviced by the Bruxner Highway, is 183km in length. It connects Ballina (16,500 population), Alstonville-Wollongbar (7,000) Lismore (27,000), Casino (9,400) and Tenterfield (3,100) making it a well populated corridor in the northern coastal area by regional standards.