Glenugie upgrade
Important information
The Roads and Maritime Services is using a Heavy Duty Granular Flexible Pavement, on the Glenugie upgrade project to test the performance of this lower cost pavement option under real traffic conditions.
This type of pavement construction requires a whole of life pavement approach. The first stage is the construction of the granular flexible pavement and initial spray seal wearing surface. This is trafficked for a period to allow the wearing surface and pavement to bed down, prior to placing the thin asphalt wearing surface. This initial bedding period (up to 12 months), will often experience minor defects occurring due to the nature of construction of this type of pavement during wet periods.
Recent wet weather has caused minor damage including potholes to the temporary road surface.
Roads and Maritime Services has already started work to fill any potholes that have appeared.
Project snapshot
Contractors: Roads and Maritime Services has formed an alliance with Macmahon Contractors and Arup
Form of contract: Alliance design and construct contract
Workers on site: 30
Pieces of large plant: 10
Start date of major construction: March 2010
Expected completion date: Late 2011 (weather permitting)
Project value: $60 million
Background
The NSW Minister for Planning approved the Glenugie upgrade project on 17 December 2009.
The Glenugie upgrade project is jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments.
The seven kilometre Glenugie upgrade forms part of the larger Woolgoolga to Ballina project. This section extends from Franklins Road to Eight Mile Lane, approximately 15 kilometres south of Grafton.
On Monday 31 October, 2011 highway traffic in both directions was moved onto a new 2.5 kilometre section of highway which is now a completed four lane divided road.
For the remaining 4.5 kilometres of the project, traffic will be temporarily moved onto what will be the southbound lanes of the new highway, with one lane travelling in each direction.
These temporary arrangements will be in place while finishing work is carried out on the existing highway, which will eventually form the new northbound road when the project is completed.
For more information on the project background, view the project overview page.
Key construction activities for January 2012
- Spray sealing at the southern end - at the tie in and northbound lanes on the existing highway section.
- Line marking on the spray sealed section.
- Decommissioning the site compound.
- Repairing pavement on the verges at the southern end on the new highway section.
- Installing fauna fencing.
- Minor landscaping works.
For more information on recent construction activities, view the project construction page.
