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Australia : West Tamar highway contract awarded
Publish Date : 03-Oct-2012
A contract has been awarded for the multi-million-dollar upgrade of the West Tamar Highway near Brady\'s Lookout.
The Minister for Infrastructure, David O\'Byrne, said today that the $9 million project, part of the State Government\'s $90 million Community Roads Program, will help make the West Tamar Highway safer.
\"The West Tamar Highway project is another example of the $90 million Community Roads Program delivering safer roads and connecting local communities across Tasmania,\" said Mr O\'Byrne.
Work will get under way in October and is scheduled for completion by mid-2013.
The contract for the work has been awarded to local Tasmanian company, Andrew Walter Constructions.
\"The work will include widening the road to provide room for the installation of a flexible safety barrier separating the northbound and southbound lanes,\" he said.
\"Breaks in the flexible safety barrier and right-turn treatments will be provided at two locations - access to Brady\'s Lookout and the Brady\'s Lookout Road junction.
\"Local residents will have safe right-turn access to and from their properties using U-turn points.\"
Mr O\'Byrne said that the aim of the project was to improve safety by preventing head-on crashes and reducing the severity of loss-of-control crashes.
\"The use of flexible safety barrier has the ability to achieve up to a 90% reduction in serious road trauma caused by head-on and run-off-road crashes.
\"This section of the West Tamar Highway carries about 5500 vehicles a day, including commuters, tourist traffic on the Wine Route and heavy vehicles, and has a significantly higher crash rate than other sections of the highway.
\"This latest project will bring the Government\'s total investment in the West Tamar Highway to about $29 million over a 10-year period,\" Mr O\'Byrne said.
