- Funding program Northern Australia Roads Program
- Status Completed
- Transport mode Road
- Expected start/finish Mid 2018 - Mid 2019
- Estimated project cost $34,480,000
- Australian Government contribution $27,580,000
- Local Council/Shire Shire of East Pilbara
- State WA
Project description
Marble Bar Road is a key route that supports mining and agricultural activities as well as the tourism industry and links communities in the East Pilbara Region.
This project proposes to realign and reconstruct a 4km section of the Marble Bar Road that passes through Coongan Gorge.
Benefits
The project will deliver the following benefits:
- improved road safety, through improvements to existing horizontal and vertical alignments, and re-alignment of sections passing through the gorge
- improved efficiency for freight vehicles, through widening of narrow sections
- improved accessibility for resource developments in the East Pilbara
- reduced road maintenance costs, through pavement reconstruction to increase weather resilience
Funding
The Australian Government has committed up to $27.58 million towards this $34.48 million project.
Timetable
The project was officially opened to traffic on 6 June 2019.
Project last updated:
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