Newell Highway Program Alliance
Project overview
The Newell Highway Program Alliance has delivered 38 additional overtaking lanes and various safety upgrades along the Newell Highway, within four years.

Latest news
November 2023 – Life in the faster lane with 38 new overtaking lanes now open on the Newell Highway
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.
October 2023 - Gullifers Road overtaking lanes now complete
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.
August 2023 – Daroobalgie overtaking lane now complete
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.
Project information
Background
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.
Program Alliance projects
Project documents
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Community notifications
- 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.
Project notifications
- 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.
Media releases
- 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.
Contact us
For further information about this project, please contact:
Phone: 1800 577 295
Email: info@newellnhpa.nsw.gov.au