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TOOWOOMBA SECOND RANGE CROSSING Scheduled Activities for the Eastern Interchange Helidon Spa How will acess be maintained? Single lane closures are effective in both directions on the Warrego Highway at Helidon Spa to complete • Nexus has installed a temporary u-turn facility TOOWOOMBA SECOND RANGE CROSSING scheduled activities for the eastern interchange. 600m west of the intersection for vehicles (up to B-doubles) to maintain access to Postmans Ridge These works involve: Road while right turns across the centre median of the Warrego Highway are restricted. Construction Update September 2018 • switching traffic from the right hand (fast lane) to • Eastbound traffic exiting Twidales Road will turn left the left-hand lane (slow lane) onto the Warrego Highway and turn around at the This month, Nexus is connecting the east and central sections of the Toowoomba Second Range • single lane closures to allow for works in the centre u-turn to proceed eastbound. median between carriageways. Crossing (TSRC), finishing works on the Nass Road truck stop at Charlton as well as the Operations and • Coming from the west, access to Twidales Road will Management building, and continuing its landscaping along the alignment. be maintained through the use of the u-turn facility For safety reasons, these works require a temporary at the Kellys Road intersection with the Warrego closure of the centre median on the Warrego Highway Highway, 1.4km east of the intersection closure. between Postmans Ridge Road and Twidales Road for up to three months. - Light vehicles will u-turn at the Kellys Road intersection with the Warrego Highway, head west The temporary closure of the median will require and turn left into Twidales Road. additional travel over short distances for light vehicles, - Large trucks and buses will exit at Helidon, u-turn and slightly longer additional travel for large trucks or under the overpass, head west on the Warrego buses. Highway and turn left into Twidales Road. Final Super T girder lifted on Goombungee Road bridge During September 2018 there will be changed traffic These dates will be confirmed on our website and conditions on the following major roads: Facebook page as soon as possible. • New England Highway at Mount Kynoch In the meantime, if you are considering taking a trip • Warrego Highway at Charlton down Goombungee Road, please allow extra travel • Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road at Wellcamp time and plan your journey by checking • Gore Highway at Athol www.QLDTraffic.qld.gov.au • Warrego Highway at Helidon Spa. We appreciate your patience while these important Goombungee Road bridge update works are carried out. Nexus has installed the 39 Super T girders required to form two 110 metre long bridges above Goombungee Embankment 24 Road with the road now open to single lane traffic. Extended working hours on embankment 24 are continuing. Works are continuing above and below the bridge including large concrete pours on the bridge decks It is a large operation, requiring 3.36 million cubic and parapets (short concrete walls constructed on metres of earthworks to remove the embankment the sides of the bridge for the safety of road users built to date, undertake the foundation treatment and crossing over and under the bridge). Hold and release reconstruct the embankment. traffic conditions are in place on Goombungee Road while these works are occurring. Work hours at the Ballard site are between: When the bridge decks are complete, preparation of • 5am - 10pm, Monday to Friday the final road surface on the bridges will commence • 5am - 6pm, Saturdays. including asphalting, installing bridge expansion joints and line marking. Intermittent night closures No work will take place on Sundays or public holidays. are required to complete these works. U-turn facility maps - also available under construction, east, on our website The Toowoomba Second Range Crossing is the largest Australian Government STAY IN TOUCH funding commitment to a single road project in Queensland’s history. It is a 41 km 1800 198 878 road bypass route to the north of Toowoomba. When finished, it will connect the [email protected] Warrego Highway at Helidon Spa in the east to the Gore Highway at Athol in the west via Charlton. www.nexustsrc.com.au Facebook NexusTSRC MOUNT KYNOCH: New England Highway CHARLTON: Warrego Highway Completing the New England Highway realignment West: traffic and Constructing the interchange and intersection upgrades Traffic and construction including signage installation and landscaping, as for Wirth Road and Nass Road. Single lane closures for well as earthworks and controlled blasting to construct construction impacts Nass Road with left in/left out access only. the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing under the U-turns maintained for eastbound traffic for local impacts realigned highway. ATHOL: Athol School Road business access. Timing: Until mid-September 2018. • Constructing the Athol School Road realignment Timing: Until mid-September 2018. To ensure the safety of motorists and our Impacts: Intermittent single lane closures outside peak and installing culverts. Impacts: Wirth Road open with no right turn to Warrego workforce, changed traffic conditions will be traffic conditions. Temporary hold and release traffic • Connecting the southbound exit for the TSRC to the Highway. Left in/left out access only for Nass Road. necessary at times. control for up to five minutes for controlled blasting. Gore Highway. Access for emergency services will be maintained. Timing: Athol School Road realignment - until late GOWRIE JUNCTION: Ganzer Road (Hermitage Road) Nexus aims to notify residents and motorists Expect minor delays. September 2018; Southbound exit for TSRC - until late Installing permanent traffic lights at the new 2018. intersection with Gowrie Junction Road and carrying out about changed traffic conditions in advance. Impacts: Use of temporary traffic controls lights with landscaping works. Motorists should expect minor delays and hold and release conditions for the interstection of Timing: Traffic lights are expected to be switched on in disruptions where we are undertaking TSRC Athol School Road. An approximate 800m long side late September 2018. work alongside roads in the Toowoomba and East: traffic and track in place for the Gore Highway. Reduced speed Impacts: Reduced speed limits and temporary give way Lockyer Valley region. construction impacts limits. Expect delays. signage. Expect minor delays. The following traffic impacts are current when ATHOL: Gore Highway WELLCAMP: Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road HELIDON SPA: Warrego Highway Constructing the Gore Highway interchange around Carrying out construction works alongside Toowoomba- printed. For the most up-to-date information Constructing the Warrego Highway east interchange. Newton Road and Wainwright Road. Activities include Cecil Plains Road for the interchange. about traffic impacts please continue to check This involves centre median and pavement works, widening the highway, concrete pours and installing Timing: Until late September 2018. www.nexusTSRC.com.au/construction/traffic. barrier construction, bridge wall construction, culverts. Constructing Athol School Road realignment Impacts: Single lane closures for approximately 500m, asphalting, line marking and installation of lighting and southbound exit from interchange. reduced speed limits to 60km/hr in work zones with and road furniture. Traffic will operate under single lane Timing: Until late September 2018. some sections at 40km/hr. Day time traffic control and bi-directional flow. Impacts: Continued reduced speed limit to 60km/hr night time under signals. Intermittent night works for Toowoomba Range Timing: Until mid-November 2018. and intermittent lane closures for Newton Road area. asphalting. Lane width will be maintained for wide loads. Impacts: 60km/h speed limits at all times. Hold and Hold and release traffic conditions and temporary lane Expect delays. Closures release traffic control may be in place outside peak closure for Athol School Road area. Traffic control will hours. Expect delays. Single lane closures will be in be in place during the day and signals used at night. GOWRIE JUNCTION: Ganzer Morris Road TOOWOOMBA RANGE CLOSURES: Warrego Highway, effect, switching traffic from the right hand (fast lane) to Expect delays of up to five minutes. Permanent realignment of Ganzer Morris Road. This Toowoomba Range (westbound up lanes) the left-hand lane (slow lane), and a temporary closure work involves upgrades to sections of Ganzer Morris Intermittent range closures in place for all westbound of the centre median on the Warrego Highway between ATHOL: Newton Road Road. traffic due to Super T girder deliveries. Postmans Ridge Road and Twidales Road for 8-12 Newton Road has been realigned into east and west Timing: Early October 2018. Timing: Closures on 12/9-13/9, 13/9-14/9, 16/9-17/9, weeks, removing right turn access at the intersection. A sections. A section of the road is now permanently Impacts: Approximately 400m of Ganzer Morris Road, 17/9-18/9, 18/9-19/9, 19/9-20/9, 20/9-21/9, 23/9- temporary u-turn facility has been installed 600m west closed at its intersection with the TSRC. off Ganzer Road (Hermitage Road), will be permanently 24/9, 24/9-25/9, 25/9-26/9, 26/9-27/9 (intermittently of the intersection (for light vehicles up to B-doubles). Timing: Permanent closure has been in place since closed. Access to Ganzer Morris Road (up to the between midnight and 4am). mid-March 2017. workzone) will be maintained from Morris Road. Detour Impacts: Intermittent westbound up lane closures. LOCKYER: Six Mile Creek Road Impacts: The eastern section is now a ‘No Through will be via Gowrie Junction Road and Morris Road. Detours via Murphys Creek Road and Cunningham Constructing the Six Mile Creek bridge Road’ access from the Gore Highway and the western Expect minor delays. Highway. Expect delays. Timing: Late September 2018. section is accessible from the Gore Highway- Impacts: Intermittent lane closures with hold and release Wainwright Road intersection. GOWRIE JUNCTION: Gowrie Junction Road RANGEVILLE: Cohoe Street and James Street (at the top traffic control in place.
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