Project Update

September 2018

Although preliminary scope and concepts designs have been completed, a review of designs and environmental assessments are currently underway.

The current total cost of the project is estimated to be upwards of $40 million (2018), with staging expected to be utilised in the construction process. Shoalhaven City Council is currently seeking funding to secure this project and is in the early stages of lodging funding applications.

While earlier work indicated that preloading of the road's foundation would take 12 months, more recent geotechnical advice is that it will take 24 months.

The road may impact on Nowra High School’s playing fields, which include a cricket field, a full athletics track and possibly a football field; however, this will be subject to detailed design and any possible staging plan. Council is in consultation with the school to provide additional playing fields should ENSA require land where the current fields are located.

The future concept design will outline where the road will connect with the highway; there are two possibilities – North Street and Junction Street.

With the current focus from interested parties, ENSA has moved up the priority list for Shoalhaven City Council.