Overview
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Road
Project type -
$42.75 million
Total budget -
Under Construction
Project phase -
Main Roads WA
Lead agency -
190
Jobs supported
Tanami Road is 1,035 kilometres long, linking Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to the Great Northern Highway, near Halls Creek, in Western Australia.
The 313km section in WA is unsealed (except for a small section near Sturt Creek). Upgrades will include reforming the road formation, existing roadside drainage and construction of gravel sheeting.
Design and development activities are progressing on the first 114 km. The first six-kilometres of Tanami Road was sealed and opened to traffic in late-2023.
Benefits
Project map
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