Upgrade delivers wider, stronger Barrier Highway west of Cobar

Published

1 April 2022

Upgrade delivers wider, stronger Barrier Highway west of Cobar Road users in the state’s west can look forward to smoother, safer trips following the completion of a second upgrade of the Barrier Highway. The Musheroo East Pavement Strengthening and Widening Project has seen an upgrade of an 11.05 kilometre section of the Barrier Highway, 125 kilometres west of Cobar.

Transport for NSW Regional Director West Alistair Lunn said NSW Government-funded road safety improvement projects in regional NSW were key to providing the safest possible roads on the state’s road network. “Given two-thirds of all road fatalities occur on country roads, it’s projects such as these that are helping to keep people safe in regional NSW,” Mr Lunn said.

“The $5.8 million East Musheroo project, which started in March 2021, has provided road users in western NSW with a stronger, wider and safer road. “Cobar Shire Council carried out the work on behalf of Transport for NSW. Twenty-five local jobs were supported by the road improvement project.

“The Musheroo East upgrade follows the 11.2 kilometre Musheroo upgrade in 2019, totalling more than 20 kilometres of wider and stronger road for all local, freight and tourist users of the Barrier Highway.”

For more information on roads projects in western NSW, visit the Western Region Projects page.

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