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Construction Update 01 • June 2010
Douglas Arterial Duplication
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Douglas Arterial Duplication (DAD) is under wayDAD commenced in May with the establishment of a crew compound near the Riverside Boulevard roundabout and clearing vegetation from the Ross River banks around the Vickers Bridge area.
Ross River water around Vickers Bridge
will be closed to all vessels from 21
May 2010 to 2012 to allow construction
of the new bridge. The fi rst step was
installing silt curtains across Ross
River to catch sediment from the
construction activity.
After this, the project team started
putting rock from the Ross River Dam
quarry into the river, starting at the
Riverway Drive side and extending the
bund or rock wall across to the other
bank.
The bund will be completed by the end
of June. Following this, the project
team will start preparing the river bed
for piling, set to commence early July.
Other key construction activities
throughout May included:
Fencing certain areas•
Clearing vegetation in preparation •
for building a retaining
wall alongside abutment B
(embankment) on the Condon side
of Riverway Drive
Installing barriers alongside •
sections of the existing Douglas
Arterial to provide a safe
environment for workers and the
travelling public
Off-site – manufacturing the pre-•
stressed concrete piles for the
bridges and overpasses.
A Community Information Day was
held at the Riverway Arts Centre, off
Riverside Drive on Saturday 1 May and
Sunday 2 May from 10am – 4pm both
days. The community were encouraged
to visit the display to learn more
about the Douglas Arterial Duplication
project, talk to the project team and
view project plans. Feedback from the
general community in attendance was
positive toward the project.
State member for Mundingburra, Lindy Nelson-Carr; Minister for Main Roads, Mr Craig Wallace; andSenator Jan McLucas, representing the Federal Minister, Mr Anthony Albanese, launch the DAD project.
Works during June will include:
Building a reinforced concrete retaining wall alongside the •
abutment (embankment) on the Condon side of Riverway Drive
Building new earth abutments on each side of Ross River at the •
approaches to the new bridge
Starting earthworks at the University Road off-ramp for •
widening and constructing a retaining wall
Earthworks on the new abutment for the University Road •
overpass
Start work on the Angus Smith Drive abutment A retaining wall •
– beside the footpath
Vegetation clearing, drainage works and service relocations •
behind the barriers along the motorway
Off-site activities include manufacturing girders for the bridges •
and ordering plants and tube stock for the landscaping
Riverway Drive crossover – two lanes each way.•
Works during July 2010 will include:
Piling for the new Vickers Bridge (144 piles to be driven) and •
abutments
Continued work on the University Road overpass abutment •
Riverway Drive traffi c crossover – one lane each way.•
What is happening in June and July?
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Douglas Arterial Duplication (Ring Road Stage 4)
How will this workaffect you?
For river users, no bookings for recreational
vessels will be taken for the area between
the Black Weir wall and the bridge from 21
May 2010 to February 2012.
Recreational access by craft that would
require boat ramp access is not permitted.
Due to safety standards, the Riverway boat
ramp cannot be used. For more information,
please call Townsville City Council on 4727
9000.
Speed restrictions will be in place from
Monday 31 May from the University Road
off-ramp to the Angus Smith Drive ramps
and from the Riverside Boulevard Overpass
area to Vickers Bridge. The 80km/h speed
restriction in the areas of temporary barriers
will in place for 24 hours a day until the
barriers are removed.
There will be daily construction traffi c on
Angus Smith Drive to the site compound at
the Riverside Boulevard roundabout and to
the Vickers Bridge construction area.
In early June, the median lanes on each side
of Riverway Drive in the area between the
Ring Road on and off ramps will be closed for
a week. This will be followed by a switching
of traffi c lanes to allow delivery of the bridge
piles and piling works.
Please drive carefully around all work areas. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank motorists in advance for their patience during construction works.
Some of the most frequently asked questions
on matters outside the scope of the DAD
project are answered by Main Roads below:
Question: Will there be on and off ramps at Riverside Boulevard?
In 1995, Main Roads decided that entry •
and exit ramps providing direct access
into Riverside Gardens could not be
justifi ed as a cost to the taxpayer, given
that they only provided an additional
access for local traffi c. Main Roads
advised the developers of this change in
1995.
The Department also advised the •
developers that land had been reserved
so that entry and exit ramps could
be built to service Riverside Gardens,
should the developers wish to fund their
construction in the future. However,
such access points must conform with
Main Roads requirements to have a
minimum distance between successive
access points to the national highway.
Construction of on and off ramps at •
Riverside Boulevard is not part of the
scope for the duplication project.
Question: Will there be new or additional noise walls on the Riverside Gardens side?
Noise monitoring was conducted along •
the duplication route after Sections 2
and 3 of the Ring Road opened. The
results were used in a computer study to
Frequently Asked Questionsdetermine where noise reduction devices
such as walls are required and what
heights they will need to be.
Noise reduction devices will be installed •
along the Townsville Hospital boundary
and along a section of houses south of
the project, extending from the south
bank of the Ross River to where Angus
Smith Drive curves north toward the
project (basically moving the existing
noise reduction wall from what will
become the median to the new road
shoulder).
There will be no other noise reduction •
devices installed as part of this
project, as studies show existing noise
walls along the current motorway are
performing to the required standards.
The glass panels on Vickers Bridge will •
be replaced.
DAD environmental actionsSilt fences have been installed around work areas in riverways to fi lter particles
from the water and prevent changing the natural waterways. The project team is
undertaking weekly water monitoring to ensure water quality is maintained.
There are also four 1200mm pipes (two on each bank of the Ross River) to allow fi sh
passage through the bund. Similarly, a 1200mm pipe on each bank at University Creek
will allow the continued passage of fi sh while the bund is in place.
Other environmental protection activities include the general construction erosion
controls and minimising areas where topsoil is stripped.
Project facts and fi guresBy July, directly and indirectly the DAD project will put 488 Australians to work building •
transport infrastructure
35,000 tonnes of rock are being placed in the Ross River bund.•
Paving and earthworks will use around 1000 tonnes a day, totalling 150,000 tonnes for the •
project
7000 cubic metres of concrete will be used in the project•
There will be 101 prestressed concrete girders, between 12m and 34m in length•
There will be 174 piles manufactured, with 144 used in the new Vickers Bridge and the •
longest being 38m (spliced).
Members of the construction, design and Main Roads team engaged in the DAD project.
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This project involves duplicating Section 1 of the Ring Road, the •
Douglas section, which was completed in 2005.
Duplication of the Douglas Arterial will turn the existing road •
into a median-divided, four-lane motorway.
The $110 million joint federal and state funded project will •
increase the current two-lane Douglas Arterial section of the
Townsville Ring Road to four lanes, supporting population
growth and road infrastructure demands in the region.
The two new lanes and associated bridges will be built south •
of the existing road from University Drive through to Riverway
Drive, Condon, where it will connect with the recently opened
Section 3 of the Ring Road.
The new 5.6km road will follow the existing Main Roads •
reservation and alignment of the Douglas Arterial, with the
two dual carriageways being separated by a median or barrier
where required.
A new three-lane, 250m bridge across the Ross River, •
Freshwater Drive and Riverway Drive will be constructed
upstream of the existing Vickers Bridge, along with a two-
lane bridge over University Creek. The grade-separated
interchanges at University Road and Angus Smith Drive will
also be duplicated.
Douglas Arterial Duplication (DAD)
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Mail: DAD Information
PO Box 5244
Townsville Qld 4810
Phone: DAD Infoline - 4771 4805 ~ Fax: 4771 4016
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mainroads.qld.gov.au