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Latest Update - 23 March 2012
A review has been undertaken of traffic conditions and noise assosiated with the Gungahlin Drive Extension (GDE). These have resulted in speed limit changes along the GDE. The outcomes of the review can be found at the following link.
Friday 7 October 2011, marks the opening of the Gungahlin Drive Extension.
The nine kilometre, four lane Gungahlin Drive Extension is the largest roadwork project to have been undertaken by the ACT Government.
The opening will significantly reduce traffic congestion and travel times to and from Gungahlin.
Although detailed landscaping works will continue for the next six months, the project has been completed two months ahead of the estimated completion date.
The Gungahlin Drive has been under consideration for many years. As early as 1918 Walter Burley Griffin identified the need for a transport route close to the proposed alignment. Planning studies in 1965, 1969 and 1970 clearly showed the proposed transport route.
In 1991 the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the ACT ratified the need for the transport route.
This Gungahlin Drive and the Majura Parkway (between the Monaro Highway and Federal Highway), are the two transport routes that are planned to respond to the changing needs of Canberra’s north – the current major growth region. This route has been acknowledged to be a crucial link in Canberra’s transport network for the short and longer terms for residents of northern Canberra and benefiting the entire city. The need for the Gungahlin Drive is very much linked with the continued development of the Canberra’s northern suburbs which now have a population of some 40,000 and will ultimately have a population in excess of 80,000 over the next twenty years. The Gungahlin Drive Extension (GDE) completes the western peripheral parkway system that has been identified as part of the major road network on Canberra plans for many years.
The GDE is an arterial road upgrade, connecting the northern section of Canberra to the Tuggeranong Parkway in Canberra Central, a distance of 9 kilometres.
The GDE is located between Barton Highway and Glenloch Interchange passing through the suburbs of Kaleen, Bruce, and Aranda. Stage 1 of the GDE was completed in December 2008. GDE Stage 2 is the duplication of Stage 1 and has been separated into two areas, Northern Roads and Bridges and Southern Roads and Bridges.
On 23 July 2008 the ACT Government announced that it would allocate $85.5 million ($25.5 (2009-10), $30 million (2010-11), $30 million (2011-12)) to fund the duplication of the GDE.
