Barry Drive/Clunies Ross Intersection Upgrade

Brief Project Background

Due to the development in Canberra's North and the increased capacity of the Gungahlin Drive, traffic is expected to increase on existing traffic corridors and in Canberras metropolitan areas.

Currently, The Barry Drive and Clunies Ross Intersection in the inner North of Canberra, carries large volumes of traffic which results in bottleneck congestion on a daily basis, especially during the AM peak period.

The Barry Drive/Clunies Ross Intersection upgrade has been planned as a starting point for Stage 1 development of the Belconnen to City Transit Way and the City West Bus Service extension.  Other works included in Stage 1 of the development are Bus priority measures on Barry Drive, a bus station on Marcus Clarke and Rudd streets and a transit way facility between Alinga Street and Barry Drive.

The Intersection upgrade of Barry Drive and Clunies Ross Street will improve the intersection performance by reducing travel times, improve the traffic flow and reduce the current bottleneck congestion.

An amount of $4.9 m has been estimated for the whole project and works are expected to commence in late 2011 with completion in 2012.