Project benefits and features - Princes Highway upgrade South Nowra
Benefits
- Complete consistent four lane conditions on the Princes Highway between Bomaderry and Jervis Bay Road.
- Improved road safety by reducing conflicts between through traffic and local traffic accessing business premises.
- Improved road safety by providing a central median, along with more opportunities to safely overtake slower vehicles.
- Improved travel times and reduce vehicle operating costs through increased road and intersection capacity.
- Improved access to many business properties.
- Improved safety and facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
Key features
- Enhanced travel efficiency for through traffic with the provision of three lanes on the eastern side of the highway between Quinns Lane and Warra Warra Road.
- A 2.5 metre wide shared footpath / cycleway on the eastern side of the highway between McKay Street and Warra Warra Road for cyclists and pedestrians.
- An on road cycle facility south of Warra Warra Road.
- Pedestrian activated traffic lights on the Princes Highway at the Park Road cul-de-sac.
- Changes to Nowra Hill Road to a left in, left out intersection.
- Relocation of the existing BTU Road intersection to approximately 400 metres north of its existing location. The new intersection will be reconstructed to allow all turning movements.
- Reconstruction of the Forest Road intersection to allow all turning movements.
- A dual lane roundabout at the junction with Hillcrest Avenue.
- A heavy vehicle inspection area to the south of Hillcrest Avenue.
- Formal modification of the existing service road between Quinns Lane and Central Avenue to a two lane road on the western side of the highway for improved road safety.
- Construction of a new road shoulder, in the northbound direction, between Forest Road and Parma Road.