The NSW Government is ramping up work to build a better Hume Highway at Marulan as part of a $35 million investment.
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Crews will carry out the next stage of repair work on a 1.1 kilometre stretch of the northbound carriageway from the Marulan South Road intersection, improving safety and providing a smoother journey for road users.
“The Hume Highway is the second largest freight route in Australia, linking Sydney and Melbourne and used by more than 37,000 vehicles daily,” transport minister Jenny Aitchison says.
“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.”
The work will include the use of a high-strength asphalt road pavement to replace 500 damaged concrete slabs on a 600-metre section the highway and will start March 17.
This change from the concrete base to asphalt pavement is expected to mean less disruptions to motorists while repairs are carried out.
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 once the work has been completed around mid-April, weather permitting.
The new lot of work starting this month builds on work undertaken last year when Transport replaced more than 500 of the most damaged concrete slabs at various locations along the Hume Highway at Marulan as well as Rudd’s Straight at Wollogorang.
More details of staged future upgrade work will be announced progressively by Transport for NSW.
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