Great Northern Highway Overtaking Lanes

Overview

Road
Project type
$50 million
Total budget
Under Construction
Project phase
Main Roads WA
Lead agency
Early 2024
Start date

Mid 2025
End date

The Great Northern Highway carries a variety of traffic travelling at various speeds including light vehicles, towing vehicles, road trains and oversize over mass vehicles.

This project includes construction of eleven overtaking lanes, to be delivered in two packages:

Package One - Newman to Munjina (Auski)
Construction has commenced on five priority overtaking lanes between Newman and Port Hedland. This includes three southbound overtaking lanes and two northbound overtaking lanes. These lanes are expected to be complete by the end of 2024.

Work on the first package is progressing, with clearing and grubbing work for lanes one, three, four and six complete. Other works have commenced, including rock excavation an embankment construction.

Package Two - Munjina (Auski) to Port Hedland
Package Two includes construction of six overtaking lanes; two southbound and four northbound overtaking lanes.

Construction of these eleven overtaking lanes will help reduce conflict between heavy and light vehicles by providing safer overtaking opportunities.