CMC awarded contract for Dawson Highway Calliope Range Deviation
CMC has been awarded a $22.9 million contract by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads for the construction of a new 4.5km, 4 lane road through the Calliope Range, approximately 60km south-west of Gladstone. The Dawson Highway connects the industrial centre of Gladstone to the Leichhardt Highway, which provides a more direct link to the southern capital cities.
The works will include 250,000m3 of bulk excavation through rock requiring drilling and blasting, 2500m3 of shotcrete, 11,300m of soil nailing, and a cutting depth of up to 20m. Other works include construction of unbound pavements, bituminous surfacing, 2000m of extruded concrete barrier and the construction of a 2 x 30m span precast prestressed super tee girder bridge.
Works are scheduled to commence on site in March 2010 with completion programmed for early 2011.
For further details, please refer to the Dawson Highway Calliope Range Deviation project information page.
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