Kings Highway

Changed traffic conditions on the Kings Highway between Mulloon Creek and Goulburn Road from early March as part of the Kings Highway upgrade program. 

Due to unsealed road conditions eastbound, single lane closures, stop/slow traffic conditions and a reduced speed of 40 km/h will be in place while the team continues to build the eastbound overtaking lane at Mulloon.

These temporary traffic changes will be in place at all times from Monday 4 March until project completion in mid 2024, weather permitting. 

The Kings Highway will temporarily reopen to one lane in each direction for:

• Canberra day from Saturday 9 March to Monday 11 March 
• Easter long weekend from Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April 
• Anzac Day from Thursday 25 April to Sunday 28 April
• Saturdays and Sundays during School holidays from Saturday 13 April to Sunday 28 April. Traffic control will be in place for the safety of workers and road users.

Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions, follow the directions of signs, and allow up to five minutes extra travel time.

Motorists will now experience safer opportunities to overtake on the Kings Highway with the new eastbound overtaking lane open to traffic and the project coming to a close on Thursday 25 January, weather permitting.

Delivered as part of the $20 million Kings Highway upgrade program, the new 660-metre-long overtaking lane is one of two new overtaking lanes on the Kings Highway that will provide safer opportunities for motorists.
 
Transport thanks the community for their patience.

Since 2019 there have been multiple Natural Disaster declarations in Eurobodalla Shire for storm, flood and bushfire events. These disasters have highlighted the need for the state road network to be safe and reliable and to ensure that roadside maintenance is adequate.

In early 2021 an arborist report identified approximately 400 high risk trees on the Clyde Mountain Pass section of the Kings Highway. These trees were badly burnt in the 2019/20 bushfires and have become significantly less stable due to the effects of storms and flooding. Transport for NSW has now removed these trees under full road closure of the Kings Highway at Clyde Mountain. 

An extensive program of improvement work will continue on the Kings Highway including safety treatments and slope stabilisation. This will improve safety for motorists by removing roadside hazards, improve safety for workers and improve security of the road network by reducing the likelihood of unplanned closures.

This project was identified due to a history of crashes on a two kilometre stretch of the Kings Highway near Currowan. The project scope included widening of road shoulders, installation of roadside safety barrier and installing a widened centreline with audio-tactile line. This $2.1 million project was completed in June 2021.

This project was developed to address a history of crashes on a curve 1.4 kilometres west of Misty Mountain Road. The safety improvements included widening of the road shoulders, installation of a widened centreline, audio-tactile line marking and a vehicle activated curve advisory sign. This $731,000 project was completed in May 2021.

This $900,000 project funded under the Safer Roads Program targeted safety improvements along two curves with a history of off road crashes. The project scope included widened shoulders, installation of roadside safety barrier, a widened centreline with audio-tactile line marking and upgraded curve advisory signage. The project was completed in December 2020.

This project was developed to address a history of crashes on the Kings Highway near  Braidwood. More than half of the recorded crashes involved a collision into roadside objects. In all five fatal crashes a vehicle collided with a tree. This $895,000 project delivered roadside safety treatments to the northern side of Braidwood and was completed in June 2020.

View the Braidwood Roadside Hazards page for more information about this project.

In 2012 the NSW Centre for Road Safety and Roads and Maritime Services carried out a route safety review of 117 km of the Kings Highway between the Princes Highway roundabout at Batemans Bay and the eastern most part of the ACT border just north of Bungendore. After consultation with the community the Kings Highway safety review was finalised and released in March 2013. (PDF, 3.49 MB)

Following the outcomes of the 2012 Road Safety Review of the Kings Highway, the NSW Government provided $35 million in funding to improve safety and traffic efficiency for all road users along the Kings Highway. The package of work included:

• Over 21 kilometres of road rebuilding, sealing and drainage work
• Widening shoulders and installing five kilometres of roadside safety barrier
• Building a police enforcement bay at Captains Flat.

• June 2022 project update
  Safety improvement work starting on the Kings Highway at Larbert from Monday 20 June.