North Moree heavy duty pavements

The project includes planning for up to 30.2 kilometres (made of three segments) of new road pavement, intersection improvements and widening of road shoulders. This will improve safety for motorists and reduce future maintenance requirements.

The primary objectives are to:

• increase travel reliability and reduce travel times on the Newell Highway
• reduce vehicle operating costs on the Newell Highway
• reduce the costs of maintaining the Newell Highway
• improve freight efficiency
• improve the safety of the Newell Highway (reduce fatalities and serious injury crash rate)

Other supporting objectives are to:

• provide a 40-year traffic loading design
• develop a proposal that contributes to the economic development of the region and improves transport efficiency on this section of the Newell Highway in terms of travel time and vehicle operating costs
• ensure that all potential impacts of the proposal on the local community are assessed and appropriate mitigation measures are developed
• ensure an adequate level of service for existing and predicted traffic volumes
• ensure route development minimises the impact on environmentally sensitive areas and that appropriate mitigation measures are included in the proposal to manage any impact
• ensure stakeholder involvement in all phases of the proposal development
• ensure compatibility of the road network and the long-term land use planning for the area.

• Increase travel reliability for North Moree
• Reduce travel times
• Reduce the cost of maintenance along the Newell Highway
• Reduce vehicle operating costs on the Newell Highway
• Improve road safety for road users
• Improve flood immunity of the Newell Highway north of Moree.

The upgraded sections of the Newell highway north of Moree would include:

• provide a heavy duty pavement to meet the existing and future freight needs along this section of the Newell
• widen the existing highway or construct a new two lane highway adjacent to the existing highway of 3.5m lanes, 2m shoulders, and 1m wide centreline cross section
• upgrade intersections and right turning lanes
• retain or improve the 110km design speed alignments
• improve access to private property and bus stop layouts.

A Review of Environmental Factors (REF) for the project has been completed and determined and can be downloaded from the project documents section. As part of the development of the project ongoing investigations, including survey investigations are being carried out to further develop and determine the project.

• June 2018 project update
  Newell Highway upgrade, Narrabri to Moree and North Moree heavy duty pavement projects.

• September 2018 submissions report
  Newell Highway Heavy Duty Pavements, North Moree.
• June 2018 review of environmental factors report
  Executive Summary.
• June 2018 review of environmental factors report
  Main report.
• June 2018 biodiversity assessment report
  Newell Highway Heavy Duty Pavements, North Moree.
• May 2018 Aboriginal and historic archaeological survey report
  Newell Highway Heavy Duty Pavements, North Moree.
• May 2018 operational traffic and construction noise and vibration assessment report
  Newell Highway Heavy Duty Pavements, North Moree.
• May 2018 urban design, landscape character and visual impact assessment report
  Newell Highway Heavy Duty Pavements, North Moree.
• November 2017 preliminary environmental investigation report
  Newell Highway Heavy Duty Pavements, North Moree.