Leisure Drive, Greenway Drive and Darlington Drive intersection upgrade

Thank you to those who provided feedback on the timing of works for Stage 2 of the Leisure Drive, Greenway Drive and Darlington Drive intersection upgrade. Based on your feedback, Stage 2 will be undertaken during the summer school holidays in December 2024/February 2025. This timing aims to minimise disruptions to school peak traffic while completing the project as efficiently as possible.

Our goal is to enhance the safety and connectivity of our local road network. We'll be upgrading the roundabout at the intersection of Leisure Drive, Greenway Drive and Darlington Drive to accommodate more turning lanes and install signalised pedestrian crossing on Leisure Drive.

This project was identified in the Tweed Road Development Strategy to meet our area's long-term growth needs.

This project will be delivered in 2 stages:

1. Stage 1 – sites 1, 2 and 5 along Greenway Drive
   Works have now been completed. See Stage 1 below for the scope of works.
2. Stage 2 – sites 3 and 4 along Leisure Drive
   We asked the community to let us know whether to conduct Stage 2 works during the winter (July 2024) or summer (December 2024/February 2025) school holidays. These works will include the installation of a new signalised pedestrian crossing. See Stage 2 below for the scope of works.

Stage 1

Project status – completed

We would like to say thanks to the community for their patience and collaboration as a significant project milestone is reached with the completion of Stage 1, which included:

• relocation of services such as gas, telecommunications and water
• temporary removal of footpaths and then reinstating them towards the end of Stage 1
• realignment of kerbs and gutters
• underground drainage modifications
• road widening, including applying bitumen seal and asphalt wearing course
• reinstatement of footpaths and laying turf
• linemarking.

Stage 2

Stage 2, located at sites 3 and 4 along Leisure Drive, will include the installation of a signalised pedestrian crossing, kerb and gutter works, stormwater drainage modifications and pavement widening.

The timing of these works, estimated to take about 3 months to complete, will be carried out during school holidays to minimise traffic disruptions. We asked the community to let us know if they prefer works to be carried out during the winter (July 2024) or summer (December 2024/February 2025) school holidays.

Thank you to those who provided feedback on the timing of works for Stage 2. The project team is currently reviewing all submissions and we will provide an update here as soon as a decision has been made.

Stage 2 will have fewer lane closures than Stage 1 and the major traffic impacts will be for a shorter duration. However, if works are carried out during the winter school holidays (July 2024), some activities requiring lane closures will need to be completed during the school term.

We will also provide traffic impact updates on our website at tweed.nsw.gov.au/roadworks in the lead-up to construction commencing.

If you have any questions about this project, please leave us a message.

To learn more about how we build, upgrade and maintain a safe and connected local road network, including how we prioritise road maintenance projects, visit tweed.nsw.gov.au/roads.