Maximising safety and efficiency are just two of the reasons Federal Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King gave for the establishment of the four new Pilliga overtaking lanes.
“Building overtaking lanes in pairs, as we’ve been able to do through the Pilliga, means we can maximise efficiencies in terms of the environmental and geotechnical investigations we carry out at each site, establishing one site compound instead of two and savings in terms of construction time and traffic control,” she said.
“With all eight overtaking lanes now completed, road users have an extra 12 kilometres of overtaking opportunities between Coonabarabran and Narrabri.”…