Berrima Road Deviation

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Work has halted on this project. See news item below for further information.

Detailed design and environmental studies have now been completed and work has commenced on the multi-million dollar Berrima Road Deviation Project.

The project will involve construction of approximately 600 metres of new road including a new B-triple capacity roundabout at the intersection of Berrima Road and Taylor Ave, New Berrima.

In addition to realigning the road the existing rail level crossing will also be replaced with a rail overbridge, providing safer and more efficient access to the Hume Highway.

Deviation of Berrima Road is the latest stage of the $82 million Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor scheme, designed to attract new business to our Shire.

The following designs and studies were prepared and made available for public comment by 30 April 2017:

Construction of the Berrima Road Deviation Project commenced in January 2018.

To learn more about this project:

Detailed design and environmental studies have now been completed and work has commenced on the multi-million dollar Berrima Road Deviation Project.

The project will involve construction of approximately 600 metres of new road including a new B-triple capacity roundabout at the intersection of Berrima Road and Taylor Ave, New Berrima.

In addition to realigning the road the existing rail level crossing will also be replaced with a rail overbridge, providing safer and more efficient access to the Hume Highway.

Deviation of Berrima Road is the latest stage of the $82 million Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor scheme, designed to attract new business to our Shire.

The following designs and studies were prepared and made available for public comment by 30 April 2017:

Construction of the Berrima Road Deviation Project commenced in January 2018.

To learn more about this project:
Work has halted on this project. See news item below for further information.

  • Council Report - Project Halted

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    At the 10 April 2019 General Meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council a report was tabled which provided an update on the project delivery and funding challenges associated with the Berrima Road Deviation project.

    Council resolved:

    THAT Council undertake the necessary works to make the project “shovel ready” for future grant applications. This will include finalising the relocation of existing services, property acquisitions and topsoil and seed the constructed road embankment with an estimated total cost $4.4M for the revised project scope.
    THAT Council advise the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities that due to a significant number of issues Council will not be able to complete the approved works by the 31 March 2020 deadline and will therefore have to let the funding agreement lapse.

    You can read the associated report in the Document Library or to review further resolutions made by Council since this time visit www.wsc.nsw.gov.au/council-meeting-agendas-minutes.

  • Work has commenced

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    Contractors have already established a work site and entry. They will also be installing site safety fencing, construction signage and controls to ensure environmental standards are met.

    The site will then be prepared for earthworks and the importation of material from local sites to build the embankments required for erection of a bridge over the rail line.

    The southern embankment will be completed before the northern embankment.

    Read the January 2018 Community Update for more info...

  • Preliminary Environmental Investigation and Community Update now available

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    The project team has prepared a Community Update (27 March 2017) which is currently with the printer and will be distributed by the Berrima Post Office and New Berrima postal service later this week. An online version is available for viewing here.

    While the more detailed Review of Environmental Factors is being finalised we are have also released the Preliminary Environmental Investigation for public information. It can be read here.

  • Preliminary designs

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    Preliminary designs for the Berrima Road Deviation Project are expected to be placed on public exhibition by mid-year.

    The project will see Berrima Road diverted from the existing level crossing near the Boral Cement Works to a bridge over the train line further east. The existing T-junction intersection at Berrima Road and Taylor Avenue and the bend on the approach to the crossing from Moss Vale will also be removed from the route. These will be replaced with a B-triple truck capacity roundabout.

    The $9.2 million upgrade is the latest development in the $82 million Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor scheme designed to provide heavy transport with safer and more efficient access to our Shire. $4.6 million for the funding of the Deviation Project was secured via the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development’s National Stronger Regions Funds.

  • Berrima Road consultant announced

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    MEDIA RELEASE ISSUED 22 September 2016
    Commencement of work on the multi-million dollar Berrima Road Deviation Project is a step closer with the appointment of specialist infrastructure consultancy firm Opus International Consultants P/L.

    The multi-disciplinary infrastructure consultancy group has been engaged by Wingecarribee Shire Council to undertake detailed design and environmental studies for the multi-million dollar project.

    The project will see the construction of approximately 600 metres of new road including a new B-triple capacity roundabout at the intersection of Berrima Road and Taylor Ave, New Berrima. In addition to realigning the road the existing rail level crossing will also be replaced with a rail overbridge.

    Wingecarribee Shire Council General Manager Ann Prendergast said the project is the latest stage in the development of the $82 million Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor scheme.

    “The Moss Vale Enterprise Zone has been designed to attract new business to our Shire,” she said.

    “And the Berrima Road Deviation project in particular, will provide safer and more efficient access to the
    Hume Highway.”

    The total cost of the Berrima Road Deviation Project is estimated to cost $9.2 million. The Australian Government is providing $4.6 million in funding through the National Stronger Regions Funds (NSRF) with the remainder of monies to come from Council’s reserves.

    Construction on the Berrima Road Deviation Project is expected to commence in the first half of 2017.