Foxground berrybypass

Australia’s New South Wales Government has announced that construction work on the A$580m ($462m) Princes Highway’s Foxground and Berry bypass has begun.

Set to improve road safety, the project is said to be an upgrade to the 11.6km stretch of four-lane highway between Toolijooa Road and Schofields Lane on the Princes Highway.

As part of the upgrade, a bypass will be created of the existing winding highway at Foxground and a bypass of Berry with access ramps at the north and south of the town.

"Work on the Foxground and Berry bypass project started in September and the road is due to open to traffic by mid-2018."

Road safety will also be improved, travelling times would be reduced and 400 construction jobs will be created in the South Coast and Illawarra regions.

The latest modernisation is claimed to be the significant transport infrastructure investment in the two regions.

Work on the Foxground and Berry bypass project started in September and the road is due to open to traffic by mid-2018.

The Foxground and Berry bypass will provide a four-lane highway, two lanes in each direction, with median separation for 11.6km of the Princes Highway.

The upgrade is expected to reduce total crashes on the Princes Highway by an estimated 64% and improve road safety through less interaction between traffic and pedestrians in the town of Berry.

Further travel time will be minimised by an estimated seven minutes.

Image: Princes Highway’s Foxground and Berry bypass. Photo: courtesy of New South Wales Government.