Newell Highway Program Alliance

The completion of 38 new overtaking lanes along the full length of the Newell Highway will deliver faster, safer, and more reliable journeys for residents, tourists and freight operators travelling in regional NSW.

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The Newell Highway Program Alliance have completed a new northbound and southbound overtaking lanes and road safety improvement works about 20 kilometres south of Forbes. 

Read more on the Gullifers page.

The Newell Highway Program Alliance has completed a new southbound overtaking lane at Daroobalgie, about two kilometres north of Forbes.

Read more on the Daroobalgie page.

Transport for NSW has partnered with BMD and AECOM to form the Newell Highway Program Alliance.

The strategic partnership has delivered 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 the construction of approximately 60 kilometres of new overtaking lanes to improve safety, reduce travel times, allow more accurate travel planning and improve freight productivity.

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 border to the Queensland border.

The Australian Government has committed $60 million towards the overtaking lanes, under the Infrastructure Investment Program.

The work includes widening the shoulders and centreline, and installing audio-tactile linemarking on the edges and centre of the road.

• December 2022 community update
  Newell Highway Program Alliance.

• May 2022 community update
  Newell Highway Program Alliance.

• October 2021 community update
  Newell Highway Program Alliance.

• May 2020 community update
  Newell Highway Program Alliance.

• November 2023 project notification (PDF, 698.13 KB)
  Pilliga overtaking lanes between Coonabarabran and Narrabri
• August 2023 project notification (PDF, 575.8 KB)
  Work completed on a new southbound overtaking lane at Daroobalgie, about two kilometres north of Forbes.
• June 2023 project notification (PDF, 377.6 KB)
  Work completed on a new southbound overtaking lane at Mirrool, about 15 kilometres north of Ardlethan.
• May 2023 project notification (PDF, 626.07 KB)
  Work to start on the final new overtaking lane on the Newell Highway near Narrandera on 15 May 2023.
• April 2022 project notification

  Register your interest to be involved in the construction of a new overtaking lane at Bundigerry Road, near Narrandera.

• November 2021 project notification

  Local suppliers and contractors invited to register to tender for work on a new overtaking lane project at Daroobalgie.

• September 2021 project notification
  Local suppliers and contractors are invited to register to receive tenders for the new overtaking lane at Mirrool.

• September 2021 project notification
  Local suppliers and contractors invited to tender for work on new overtaking lanes in the Pilliga on the Newell Highway.

• September 2021 project notification
  Local suppliers and contractors invited to tender on a new overtaking lane at Back Creek on the Newell Highway.

• Newell Highway Program Alliance map (PDF, 488.81 KB)

• 10 November 2023
  Life in the faster lane with 38 new overtaking lanes now open on the Newell Highway
• 8 November 2023
  New overtaking lanes and a surface upgrade of the Newell to counteract the challenging Forbes floodplain
• 10 August 2023
  Good as Newell: Overtaking lane now open north of Forbes.
• 29 May 2023
  New overtaking lane to reduce travel times on Newell Highway through the Riverina.
• 29 March 2022

  Regional Jobs the Focus as Work Starts on New Overtaking Lane at Mirrool.

• 10 September 2021
  Local businesses to help build Newell Highway overtaking lanes.

• 20 July 2021
  Funding boost delivers wider, safer Newell Highway.

• 13 May 2021
  Call out for local businesses to deliver next stage of Newell transformation.

• 22 March 2021
  More Newell Highway overtaking lanes opened at Coobang and Redbank.

• 26 November 2020
  Tocumwal locals deliver latest overtaking lane on Newell Highway.

• 26 November 2020
  Tocumwal locals deliver latest overtaking lane on Newell Highway.

• 16 October 2020
  Locals to help build Newell Highway overtaking lanes.

• 28 September 2020
  Pilliga overtaking lanes support 133 jobs.

• 8 July 2020
  Overtaking lane doubles to cut travel time.

• 5 June 2020
  Locals to help build Newell overtaking lanes.

• 21 May 2020
  Technology leads Newell Highway project.

• 19 May 2020
  Newell Highway overtaking lanes on a fast track.

• 28 April 2020
  Help us build overtaking lanes on the Newell Highway.

• 21 April 2020
  Highway overtaking lanes in Telescope's sight.

• 5 March 2020
  Overtaking lanes at Bundaburrah now open.

• 27 February 2020
  Finley a fine place for Newell overtaking lane.

• 9 December 2019
  Newell Highway overtaking lanes power ahead.

• 6 December 2019
  Telescope, Peak Hill, next to benefit from Newell works.

• 6 December 2019
  Newell Highway overtaking lanes info sessions.

• 7 November 2019
  Newell Highway overtaking lanes for Jerilderie.

• 30 October 2019
  Get involved in Newell overtaking lanes.

• 26 August 2019
  Bundaburrah overtaking lanes take off.

• 27 June 2019
  Newell overtaking lanes at Marthaguy.

• 30 January 2019
  Additional overtaking lanes make overtaking on Newell Highway safer.