What's happening
The Bussell Highway Duplication Project is now complete with all four lanes open to traffic on 17 April 2025.
Minor finishing work in the area, requiring intermittent lane closures and temporary speed reductions, will be ongoing through to mid-2025.
Environment
State and federal environmental approvals for Stage Two of the project have been received.
Copies of the preliminary and referral documentation can be found below.
Preliminary and Referral Documentation
- Bussell Highway Duplication - EPBC Referral Document - PDF (19.6 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - EPBC Preliminary Documentation - PDF (2.97 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Preliminary Documentation - Figures - Appendix A - PDF (24.4 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Preliminary Documentation- Request Further Information - Appendix B - PDF (218 KB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Preliminary Documentation - Flora and Vegetation Survey Report - Appendix C - PDF (10.3 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Preliminary Documentation - Vegetation Survey Report - Appendix D - PDF (7.05 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Preliminary Documentation - Hollow Inspection - Appendix E - PDF (2.7 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Preliminary Documentation - Environmental Management Plan - Appendix F - PDF (4.71 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 1. EPBC Act Protected Matters Report - PDF (119 KB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 2. Flora and Vegetation Survey Report 2014 - PDF (11.9 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 3. Verticordia attenuata Survey Report 2017 - PDF (3.22 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 4. Flora and Vegetation Survey Report 2019 - PDF (26.6 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 5. Threatened Priority Ecological Community Survey Report - PDF (22.2 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 6. Fauna Survey Report 2016 - PDF (29.2 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 7. Fauna Survey Report 2018 - PDF (906 KB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 8. Western Ringtail Possum Survey Report 2020 - PDF (3.49 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 9. Regional Western Ringtail Possum Survey Report 2020 - PDF (6.95 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 10. Environmental Impact Assessment 2016 redacted - PDF (2.13 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 11. Bridge 1762 Design Report - PDF (6.84 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 12. Bridge 1761 Design Report - PDF (17.6 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 13. Bridge 1763 Design Report - PDF (21.2 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 14. Geotechnical Investigation 2017 - PDF (14.1 MB)
- Bussell Highway Duplication - Referral Document Attachment 15. Phytophthora Dieback Survey Report 2020 - PDF (986 KB)
Project Publications
Project Updates
- Project Update - December 2023 - PDF (695 KB)
- Project Update - October 2020 - PDF (1.97 MB)
Media Statements
- Final-stage-of-Bussell-Highway-duplication-to-get-underway - 19 December 2022
- Stage 1 of Bussell Highway duplication completed in time for Christmas - 17 December 2021
- Highly anticipated Bussell Highway dual carriageway now under construction
- - 16 October 2020
- Preferred contractor named for job creating Bussell Highway duplication - 27 August 2020
- Safer roads hustle as Bussell Highway tenders called - 13 July 2020
- $223 million to unlock hundreds of local infrastructure jobs - 21 June 2020
- Bussell Highway dual carriageway pre-construction work begins - 2 October 2019
Increased
capacity
Safer
overtaking opportunities
Enhanced
traffic flow