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Western Bypass Opens Mid-2009 |
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Queensland's State
Government plans to build a "bypass" link from Oxley to Yamanto via
the Centenary Highway, expected to be ready by June next year. In addition, work
to widen the Ipswich Motorway will move to the stretch of road from Goodna to
Dinmore from early 2009.
Federal MP for Blair Shayne
Neumann said that the $366 million connection to the Cunningham Highway at Yamanto at the Ipswich-Boonah Road
interchange was on time, "It will be ready in June 2009 and it will mean two
lanes each way out to Yamanto," Mr Neumann said.
The road is expected to
open with one lane each way in June 2009 with the Department of Main Roads
describing the road as the main link for Ipswich's growth regions: Springfield, Ripley
Valley and the Swanbank
Industrial area.
The 18 kilometre project
from Springfield
to Yamanto is being built in three major stages, all of which are now under
construction. These are a 10 kilometre stretch from Springfield
to Ripley, a five-kilometre stretch from Ripley to South Deebing and a
three-kilometre stretch of road from South Deebing
to Yamanto. "The project anticipates future demand and has been
fast-tracked to provide this important piece of infrastructure ahead of
time," a spokesman for Main Roads Minister Warren Pitt said.
"It is expected that
construction of the entire extension will be completed and open to motorists by
June 2009." "The 18 kilometre extension will be a two-lane highway
with room for additional lanes to be built in the future," he said.
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