Pacific Highway Upgrade

Six month report card

This is the first edition of a twice yearly report on progress to complete the Pacific Highway upgrade to a four-lane divided road. It is a supplementary report to the current Pacific Highway monthly achievement report which will continue to be produced.

In October 2011, the NSW Minister for Roads and Ports committed to producing this report, which provides information about progress made on upgrade projects and safety improvements along the entire length of the highway from Hexham near Newcastle to the Queensland border.

The report covers the six month period from July to December 2011 and outlines progress on each of the upgrade projects being built, planned or prepared for major work.

It also reports progress against delivering the entire 664 four-lane divided road upgrade by the Prime Minister’s 2016 target date, which the NSW Government also supports. The next six month report card will be available in July 2012. Read more >>

The Pacific Highway upgrade

The Pacific Highway upgrade is one of the largest road infrastructure projects in NSW.

Upgrading new sections and undertaking safety improvements to the existing highway have brought major improvements to road conditions.

These improvements will support regional development and provide:

Safer travel.
Reduced travel times with improved transport efficiency.
More consistent and reliable travel.
Improved amenity for local communities

Need information about a project

To find out about planning and construction projects along the Pacific Highway, click on one of the four areas on the map to the right, or click on the region tabs under projects in the left hand menu.

Process to build a highway

View a graphical representation on the process required to build a highway.

General Manager Pacific Highway upgrade

Since the late 1980’s, Bob Higgins has been working for road agencies in Queensland and NSW on the upgrading of almost 800 kilometres of the Pacific Highway from Newcastle to the southern outskirts of Brisbane. With 12 years previously invested working on the highway north of the border in Queensland, Bob has spent the last ten years in NSW, managing the Pacific Highway upgrade, one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australia.

In his role as General Manager Pacific Highway, Bob leads a number of multi-disciplined teams to develop and deliver major upgrade projects that travel through the sensitive natural environment and rapidly expanding human environments on the North Coast of NSW.