Expect more roadworks along the Kings Highway this summer

The latest project will target a stretch of the highway near Mulloon. Photo: Transport for NSW.

With the weather warming up, the first trips for the season to the coast are not far away, but expect to see some changes along a 1.6-km stretch of the Kings Highway between Bungendore and Braidwood.

Transport for NSW has turned its attention to the Bobbaduck Close and Hazeldell Road intersections at Mulloon, as the next step in a $20 million project to improve safety along the main 137-km road connecting the South Coast with the ACT.

These include widening the road (and the centre line), installing a guardrail and audio tactile line marking (ATLM) and creating right-turn lanes for Mulloon and Hazeldell roads.

Work started this week and will be carried out between 7 am and 6 pm on weekdays, weather permitting. All up, it’s expected to take five months.

To minimise the impact on motorists, work will stop temporarily from Friday 13 December for the Christmas shutdown period and start again on Tuesday 28 January 2025.

Transport for NSW says it will be in touch with owners about the need to permanently relocate several mailboxes at the intersections of Hazeldell and Mulloon roads.

There will also be changes to the formal bus stop on Mulloon Road and the informal pick-up and drop-off location on the Kings Highway at Hazeldell Road. Access to these facilities will be managed by traffic control officers.

Parking on the Kings Highway to access these locations will be restricted during the work.

Scheduled to be completed in June 2025, the rest of the highway’s safety upgrades will include new eastbound overtaking lanes at Mulloon and near Misty Mountain Road, safety treatments including widened centrelines, widened shoulders, roadside safety barrier, and audio-tactile line marking north of McCardy’s Creek, high-friction pavement seal on parts of Clyde Mountain to reduce the likelihood of wet weather crashes, and a roadside safety barrier along the southern approach to Braidwood.

Original Article published by James Coleman on About Regional.