Project
Duncan Road and Gordon Downs Road Upgrades
Browns Range, Halls Creek, Ringer Soak
Overview
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Road
Project type -
$51 million
Total budget -
Under Construction
Project phase -
Main Roads WA
Lead agency
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TBC
Jobs supported
The Browns Range (Duncan Road and Gordon Downs Road) upgrade will provide greater and safer access to and for local communities in the Kimberley and the Northern Minerals Ltd Browns Range heavy rare earth minerals (dysprosium) deposit.
Located near the Western Australia/Northern Territory border, approximately 160 kilometres south-east of Halls Creek, the current access road is only lightly formed and gravel sheeted in places, which becomes corrugated and difficult to travel on at various times of the year.
Upgrades to Gordon Downs Road were completed in 2022 and the final stage of road construction on Duncan Road is anticipated to be completed in 2023.
Benefits
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Better and safer access to local Aboriginal communities, tourism, pastoral and mining industries in the region -
Access to the mine site from Duncan Road and Gordon Downs Road
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More robust and serviceable roads with the potential to reduce road closures
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