Pacific Highway upgrade: Yelgun to Chinderah: environmental impact statement: working paper no. 3: noise assessment

The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) is proposing to upgrade the Pacific Highway between Yelgun and Chinderah, on the far north coast of New South Wales. The upgrade would be undertaken as part of the Pacific Highway Upgrading Program. The proposal is for the construction and operation of a new dual carriageway which is located, for the most part, east of the existing highway and travels generally in a north—south direction. The proposal would start just north of Yelgun and continue through to an interchange with the existing highway, at the northern end of Oak Avenue near Chinderah. The total length of the proposal is approximately 28.5 km. The proposal has been planned in conjunction with the Proposed Pacific Highway Upgrade, Brunswick River to Yelgun. A separate Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is being prepared for that project. The proposed upgrade of this section of the highway is part of the Pacific Highway Upgrading Program, which is a joint NSW State/Commonwealth Government initiative. The Program has committed some $2.2 billion for upgrading the Pacific Highway between Hexham and the Queensland border over ten years commencing July 1996.