Works are ramping up to build a better Hume Highway at Marulan, as part of a $35 million investment into rebuilding this important section of the key freight route.
The Hume Highway is the second largest freight route in Australia, linking Sydney and Melbourne and it’s used by more than 37,000 vehicles each day.
Crews will soon get to work, carrying out the next stage of repair work on a 1.1 kilometre stretch of the northbound carriageway from the Marulan South Road intersection.
The work, starting from March 17, will include the use of a high-strength asphalt road pavement to replace 500 damaged concrete slabs on a 600-metre section the highway.
This change from the concrete base to asphalt pavement is expected to mean less disruptions to motorists while repairs are carried out.
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Jenny Aitchison said: “The Marulan bypass was built in 1986 as part of the Hume Highway upgrade program and since that time the large growth in traffic volumes have put extra pressure on the existing road surface.
“We understand motorists are frustrated by the quality of this section of road and that’s why we have invested $35 million in rebuilding and improvement work.”
Once the work has been completed around mid-April, weather permitting, Transport for NSW will evaluate the impact of the change and determine if the new approach should be rolled out on other sections of the highway.
More details of staged future upgrade work will be announced progressively by Transport for NSW.
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