Honeysuckle Drive Realignment & New Bridge

Projects Realignment & New Bridge

Summary

The realignment of Honeysuckle Drive is for the improvement of traffic flow and to assist with flood mitigation at Cottage Creek. Honeysuckle Drive will be widened, adding a soft median strip and the planting of street trees to the median strip.

Honeysuckle Drive remained open during the road construction works with the speed limit reduced over 400m of road. Vehicles were be temporarily diverted through Throsby Carpark, while pedestrians and cyclists will have a dedicated path to follow on the northern side of the temporary road.

Highlights

The project is located within the catchment of Cottage Creek. Strict environmental guidelines were implemented to ensure NIL environmental incidents or pollution to Cottage Creek.
Robson’s completion of Milestones 1 and 2 exceeded the client’s expectations, with the remainder of the works progressing well and in accordance with the construction program.
Excavation works required strict environmental management measures including the implementation of a project Contamination & Waste Management Plan. This involves materials testing, sorting, relocation and tracking of materials to on-site containment cells.