Major work has started
Major construction is now underway on the Coffs Harbour bypass with vegetation removal started and continuing until later this year. We are also setting up sediment and erosion controls and building minor compound sites. In some areas of the project boundary, we will be removing banana trees.
Read our Panama Disease Factsheet for more information on how we remove banana trees and manage Panama Disease during construction.
We are committed to reduce the amount of vegetation being removed to build the bypass. The Korora Nature Reserve and the White Booyong Fig Subtropical Rainforest (Grandpa’s Scrub) will not be impacted and vegetation will not be removed from these sites.
In accordance with the approved management plans, all threatened flora species have been successfully translocated well ahead of the vegetation removal work. We have approval to remove 48.17 hectares of native vegetation. Through current detailed design refinements, we have reduced this footprint by 20 percent to about 38 hectares of native vegetation. Read our Vegetation Removal and Landscape and Habitat Restoration Factsheet for more information.
As this work is completed, the project team will start drainage and earthworks across the alignment.
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White Booyong Fig Subtropical Rainforest (Grandpa’s Scrub) Design Refinements
Transport for NSW engineers have been working to design a solution that protects the ecologically-significant patch of White Booyong Fig Subtropical Rainforest known as Grandpa’s Scrub.
The design refinements of Grandpa’s Scrub will result in 100 per cent of the scrub being saved, which is great news for the community.
We listened to the community and heard how important this area is to residents and as a future environmental, educational and recreational resource. Learn more about the refined design.
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Detailed Design of interchanges
Since the award of the major construction in June 2022, Ferrovial Gamuda Joint Venture (FGJV) has been reviewing the concept design for the bypass. We have made some changes to the three interchange designs that were displayed in the EIS and Design Refinements.
The project update explains the changes and advises how to provide us with feedback on the three interchange designs.
The changes to the three interchanges optimises the design to deliver better outcomes for the community and road users once the new highway is open.
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