This project was opened to traffic in July 2010. The 33 kilometre dual carriageway upgrade generally followed the existing highway and included a western bypass of Moorland, Johns River and a eastern bypass of Kew.

It was jointly funded by the NSW and Australian governments.

Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) formed an alliance with Thiess and Parsons Brinckerhoff to design and build the upgrade. New twin bridge were built at the Moorland railway and Stony Creek with existing twin bridges being duplicated at Two Mile Creek, Stewarts River Road, Johns River and Ocean Drive, Kew.

More than 3 million cubic meters of earthworks and 250,000 cubic meters of concrete pavements were used to build the project.

Brief History of the Project

July 2010: Project opened to traffic.

November 2007: Substantial construction started.

April 2007: Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) formed an alliance to with Thiess and Parsons Brinckerhoff to design and build the upgrade.

September 2007: Refined design announced for community comment including information revised access arrangements.

September 2006: it was announced that the Coopernook to Moorland and Moorland to Herons Creek project would be built as one project.

2006: The environmental assessment for the Moorland to Herons Creek section was completed.

2004: An environmental assessment report for the Coopernook to Moorland section was completed.

To view background information for this project go to the project documents page.

Location Markers

Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) has been working with the local community to identify images for location markers on the Pacific Highway to identify the towns of Kew, Moorland and Johns River. Click here for more information.