Mount Lindsay Road Rehabilitation
The 6m wide existing pavement was too narrow for the heavy vehicles transporting goods on Mt Lindsay Road with sections that were very badly deformed. The pavement required a safety upgrade to enable the safe passage of tourism and logging traffic.
DATE
2023
PRINCIPAL
Tenterfield Shire Council
CLIENT
Tenterfield Shire Council
SCOPE
Tenterfield Shire Council were seeking a best value for money solution for pavement widening and strengthening to provide safe travel for industry and tourism to safely co-exist.
KEY CHALLENGES
Protecting the natural environment was a critical requirement.
We also were cognisant of the are being prone to severe weather events and flooding with methodologies required to counter this risk.
The narrow existing road and high volume of commercial logging traffic presented complexities.
DOLLARS SAVED
$226k
KG CO2 SAVED
96,000kg
TIME SAVED
4 weeks
SOLUTIONS
Hiways worked closely with Tenterfield Shire Council to provide design solutions and construction processes to increase pavement performance and long term resilience. The planning phase was critical to ensure the environmental constraints and no impact to flora or fauna were achieved and a clear methodology was followed outside peak traffic hours to eliminate traffic disruption on this critical commercial route.
OUTCOMES
9km road widened, strengthened and sealed within 6 weeks
Shape correction, edge and water dispersal improvement to provide increased resilience and safer operation in significant weather events.
No environmental incidents in this area of outstanding beauty
