ore great progress has been made on the Hexham Straight Widening project on the Pacific Highway, with demolition of the old northbound bridge over Ironbark Creek\/Toohrnbing now complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The southbound bridge over Ironbark Creek has been open to traffic since November 2024 and is currently carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Construction is now underway on the second new crossing, which will become the northbound bridge.
When both structures are complete, each will carry three lanes of traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hexham Straight Widening Project is part of the broader $2.24 billion M1 Pacific Motorway Extension to Raymond Terrace, which is jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Australian Government committing $1.79 billion and the NSW Government is committing $448 million.
The project is expected to open to traffic in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnce complete, the Hexham Straight Widening will ensure a stronger road network for our local community, motorists and the freight industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Australian and NSW governments are proud to work together to deliver infrastructure that will meet the needs of the community and motorists now and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ore great progress has been made on the Hexham Straight Widening project on the Pacific Highway, with demolition of the old northbound bridge over Ironbark Creek\/Toohrnbing now complete. The southbound bridge over Ironbark Creek has been open to traffic since November 2024 and is currently carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction. Construction is … Continue reading “ANOTHER CRITIAL STEP FOR HEXHAM STRAIGHT WIDENING PROJECT”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31687,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31686\/revisions\/31687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to see one of the new bridges already in operation and to see such good progress being made on the second new crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis project will help tens of thousands of people get where they are going more quickly and safely, while also being a catalyst for major economic growth in our region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI know Novocastrians will be so pleased to see this milestone reached and I look forward to the entire Hexham Straight Widening project being completed by next year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
State Minister for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see this progress. The Pacific Highway, or Maitland Road as it\u2019s also known, is a vital local roadway, and this project will help thousands of people get to where they\u2019re going more quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n