Toowoomba Bypass (Toowoomba Second Range Crossing) PPP project in Queensland

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Toowoomba Bypass (Toowoomba Second Range Crossing) is a bypass route to the north of Toowoomba, approximately 41km in length, running from the Warrego Highway at Helidon in the east to the Gore Highway at Athol in the west via Charlton. The project is the largest Commonwealth Government commitment to a single regional road project in Queensland history.The Toowoomba Crossing stretches across the Great Dividing Range, which runs roughly parallel to the country's east coast for 3,700 kilometers. Users of the Second Range Crossing will cover the 500 meter difference in altitude between connection roads on slopes with gradients of no more than 6.5%, avoiding the steeper 10% level deviations and the 18 traffic lights of the existing road, which crossed the city. This infrastructure will make it possible to reduce the travelling time of heavy vehicles on the East-West corridor by around 40 minutes.The project will be developed on a design, build, finance, operation and maintenance (DBFOM) basis. The contract will have a period of 25 years from completion of construction.