Council News Issue No: 170
CITY OF WAGGA WAGGA
FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2017
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BOMEN ENABLING ROADS MILESTONES
• November 2016 – Earthworks start on site • February 2017 – All roadways formed • March 2017 – Work starts on road underpass • May 2017 – Concrete poured for two new roundabouts and bitumen works start • July 2017 – Byrnes Road realignment road opens to north and south bound traffic travelling between Wagga Wagga and Junee • September 2017 – Opening of Dorset Drive and road underpass to motorists, closure of Dampier Street level crossing • November 2017 – Opening of Merino Road to traffic and official opening of project
DRIVING PROGRESS: Officially opening the Bomen Enabling Roads project on Friday are (from left) Member for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire, Wagga Wagga City Council General Manager James Bolton, Council's Project Manager Silas Darby, Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Greg Conkey OAM and Member for Riverina Michael McCormack.
All roads lead to Bomen
$35M enabling roads project complete and open to traffic
The final piece of the $35M Bomen Enabling Roads project is complete. Merino Road, a new link road to the Olympic Highway, was officially opened to traffic today. Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Greg Conkey OAM and Wagga Wagga City Council General Manager James Bolton were joined by Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack MP and Member for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire MP for the official opening
of the project. Also joining for the official proceedings was Roads and Maritime Services Regional Manager Lindsay Tanner, representatives from BMD Constructions, who completed the works, ARTC and a number of Bomenbased businesses. The Bomen Enabling Roads project has been taking shape since November last year. Since this time, 365 staff have dedicated a total of 110,000 staff hours to the project, more than half-a-million tonnes of dirt was moved to make way for the new roads with
a total of 65,000 tonnes of gravel laid for the road surfaces. The project has included the construction of 7.1km of new roadways, including the Byrnes Road deviation road, Merino Road, Dorset Drive, a new intersection on the Olympic Highway, two concrete roundabouts, purpose-built entry to the Livestock Marketing Centre and rail underpass, which closed the Dampier Street level crossing. Mr Bolton said the Bomen Enabling Roads project had a number of significant advantages.
“There’s improved safety for all motorists and better access for Higher Mass Limit (HML) vehicles, both into the Bomen Business Park and connections to the Olympic and Sturt highways,” he said. “Completion of the Bomen Enabling Roads Project also supports the potential development of the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics (RIFL) Hub.” The RIFL Hub, combined with the Bomen Enabling Roads project, will help facilitate effective and efficient movement of freight to and from Sydney, Melbourne and other major destinations. Continued Inside
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