Berry bypass to open by the end of 2017
13 February 2017
NSW Government: A key section of the $580 million
Foxground and Berry bypass is expected to open ahead of schedule before
Christmas this year.
The 12.5 kilometre upgrade in Berry will improve safety and travel time
for the 19,400 motorists travelling on the highway daily.
It is expected to save up to seven minutes travel time, reduce crashes
by about 64 per cent and improve the safety of Berry’s pedestrians.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the Berry bypass would be completed six
months early and would include the completion of the 610 metre
bridge at
Berry, allowing highway motorists to bypass the Berry township
completely.
“This upgrade gives the people of Berry back their town and will also be
a huge boost to improving road safety and travel times for motorists,”
Ms Berejiklian said.
“Since the first sod was turned just over two years ago remarkable
progress has been made and by Christmas this year motorists will be
travelling on around 10 kilometres of new highway with two lanes in each
direction.”
Member for Kiama Gareth Ward said the Foxground bypass section, another
key component of the upgrade, will be completed and open to highway
motorists before Easter this year.
“The five kilometre Foxground bypass, between Toolijooa Road and Austral
Park Road, will be opened to traffic in time for the Easter holidays,”
Mr Ward said.
“This means motorists will be able to travel on the two-lane divided
highway for five kilometres in both directions bypassing the Foxground
bends.”
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Source: NSW Government - www.transport.nsw.gov.au
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about the Foxground and Berry bypass upgrade
http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/south-coast/foxground-berry-bypass/index.html
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