Medway
Project overview
The Newell Highway Program Alliance (NHPA) completed a southbound overtaking lane at Medway, about 14 kilometres north of Dubbo in December 2019.
Project information
Background
Transport for NSW have partnered with BMD and AECOM to form the Newell Highway Program Alliance.
The strategic partnership will deliver 38 additional overtaking lanes in an estimated four years rather than the likely eight years it would take to fund and deliver this work using traditional procurement methods.
This innovative mode of delivery will result in approximately 60 kilometres of new overtaking lanes to improve safety, reduce travel times, allow more accurate travel planning and improve freight efficiency.
The new overtaking lanes are expected to provide around 33 minutes of travel time savings along the length of the Newell Highway from the Victorian to the Queensland border.
Features
The new southbound overtaking lane extends for approximately two kilometres along the highway, about 14 kilometres north of Dubbo.
Work on the Medway project was completed in December 2019.
Benefits
Now completed, road users travelling on the Newell Highway north of Dubbo will experience increased overtaking opportunities to help improve journey reliability.
Other benefits of the project include:
- improve safety for all road users
- reduced travel times
- more accurate travel planning
- improved freight efficiency
Project documents
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Project notifications
- July 2019 project notification
Construction starts for southbound overtaking lane at Medway Creek in Brocklehurst, Newell Highway.