About the program
The program includes the below package of works:
Traffic flow improvements
- Overtaking lanes between Somerset and Wynyard.
- Optimisation of the timing and connection of existing traffic signals to support current traffic patterns.
Safety improvements
- Realignment of the Bass Highway between Somerset and Wynyard to make sharp corners safer and provide new overtaking lanes, including a median strip with safety barrier.
- Traffic signals at the intersection of the Murchison and Bass highways to provide safer turns at this location.
- Seven new/improved pedestrian crossings between Cooee and Somerset.
- Four new speed advisory signs have been installed between Somerset and Wynyard on corners and bends to improve safety and traffic flow.
- A speed limit review for Cooee and Somerset will be conducted and the decision communicated to the community.
Asset reliability improvements
- Replacement of the Cam River Bridge to ensure reliability during flood events.
- Upgrades to retaining structures supporting the Bass Highway and proposed shared-use North West Coastal Pathway to prevent erosion (this is subject to further analysis and coordination with North West Coastal Pathway project).
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