M1 Extension From Blackhill to Raymond Terrace Complete

M1 Extension from Blackhill to Raymond Terrace complete

The ribbon has today been cut on M1 Extension, from Blackhill to Raymond Terrace – with the $2.24 billion joint government spend set to banish key bottlenecks in the Hunter. The full stretch of road will open Friday morning, with cars to begin trickling through on sections later tonight… with the Prime Minister’s own detail …

New M1 freight link to open 18 months early

The motorway is expected to cut peak travel times by seven to nine minutes. Image: TfNSW Truckies travelling between Sydney and Brisbane will soon bypass the notorious Hexham and Heatherbrae bottlenecks, with the M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace opening this Friday. The new 15-kilometre motorway connection between Black Hill and Raymond Terrace will open to traffic in the early hours of September 11, around 18 months earlier than…

Hunter’s M1 Pacific Motorway link ready to accept traffic

The Hunter’s new M1 Pacific Motorway extension is to open to traffic early this Friday morning 18 months early. The 15-kilometre extension linking Black Hill and Raymond Terrace (and the Hexham Straight widening project) cost $2.24 billion with $1.79bn of […]

LONG-AWAITED M1 EXTENSION TO OPEN FRIDAY — BUT PACIFIC HIGHWAY JOB IS NOT FINISHED - NSW Nationals

A new era for the Hunter as M1 extension opens

Image: Transport for NSW After more than four million hours of construction, the Hunter’s largest road infrastructure project will open to traffic in the early hours of 11 September, delivering a new 15-kilometre motorway connection between Black Hill and Raymond Terrace. The opening of the M1 Pacific Motorway extension marks a major milestone for the Hunter, closing a missing link in the Sydney to Brisbane economic corridor and strengthening on…

Press conference - Tarro, NSW

MERYL SWANSON, MEMBER FOR PATERSON: Well, good morning everyone and welcome to the M1 here at – well, we’re kind of at Tarro at the moment, but it’s on its way to Raymond Terrace. But what is most exciting is that the people of the Hunter and the people of New South Wales and the Eastern Seaboard of Australia are going to be on their way within 48 hours on this magnificent piece of road infrastructure. Success has many parents, but let me tell y…