Completion of Queensland’s $1.2 billion Gympie Bypass is just weeks away, with confirmation from the State Government that works are on track to be finished in October this year.
Over 3,000 community members recently celebrated the milestone on a section of the bypass near the Flood Road interchange, getting the chance to access a part of the new highway before its official opening.
The Gympie Bypass project has involved constructing a new 26-kilometre, four-lane divided highway between the existing Bruce Highway interchange at Woondum, just south of Gympie, and Curra.
It is the final section of a 62-kilometre, $2.5 billion program of works to upgrade the Bruce Highway between Cooroy and Curra which began in September 2009.
“This is the culmination of 15 years worth of construction on the 62-kilometre Bruce Highway upgrade, and it’s a privilege to celebrate this massive achievement,” said Federal Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Senator for Queensland, Anthony Chisholm.
The Gympie Bypass project is jointly funded with the Australian Government committing $929.6 million and the Queensland Government contributing $232.4 million.
With final works underway to prepare the new highway for traffic, Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Bart Mellish, said the project is now close to the finish line.
“Our construction partners have built 42 bridges at 23 locations, moved more than six million cubic metres of earth, and laid over 142 kilometres of pavement and 610,000 tonnes of asphalt,” he said.
“This has been a monumental project for the Gympie region.”
In other news, the Tasmanian Government has welcomed an inquiry into the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme.
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