The New South Wales government has announced it is continuing on upgrade works to improve the Hume Highway at Marulan.
As part of a $35 million investment into rebuilding key parts of the freight route, crews will now start the next stage of repair works on a 1.1km stretch of the northbound carriageway from the Marulan South Road intersection.
Starting from March 17, the work will use high-strength asphalt road pavement to replace 500 damaged concrete slabs on a 600m section of the Hume, with this change from the concrete base to asphalt pavement being expected to result in less disruptions and safer roads.
Once the work finishes in mid-April, Transport for NSW will then evaluate the impact of the change and determine if the new approach should be rolled out on other sections of the highway.
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This latest work follows on upgrades done last year at the Hume in Marulan as well as at Rudd’s Straight at Wollogorang.
“The Hume Highway is the second largest freight route in Australia, linking Sydney and Melbourne and used by more than 37,000 vehicles daily,” NSW regional transport and roads 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.
“We thank the community for its ongoing patience while this essential repair work is carried out.”
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