Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd Supply of 82km Flexfence Wire Rope Safety Barrier Supply of 8km Flexbeam Guardrail with ET2000 Plus and MELT end terminals.
The $1.7 billion, 40 kilometre Hunter Expressway will deliver a four-lane freeway link between the F3 Freeway near Seahampton, and the New England Highway, west of Branxton. The road will allow traffic to bypass the Maitland area, Lochinvar, Greta and Branxton. Designed to carry between 35,000 and 40,000 vehicles per day, with daily traffic projected to rise to 60,000 vehicles by 2017.
A main benefit of the project it will cut travel times between Newcastle and the Hunter by an estimated 28 minutes, and potentially reduce between 15,000 and 30,000 vehicles per day on the New England Highway, according to projected traffic levels in 2031.