Keep River Plains Road Upgrade Stage 1 + Stage 2 Ch0 to CH26.7
Client: Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Logistics, Northern Territory
Date: 2019
The Keep River Plains Road is located approximately 55kms outside of Kununurra on the NT/WA Border. This project is a federally funded project that requires federal safety accreditation and compliance with the building code.
The scope of work involves the construction of a new 26.7 km roadway including two new bridges to be delivered in two separate stages as follows:
Stage 1 Works – from Chainage 0.0km to chainage 13.475km including a 210m long bridge over Keep River; Stage 2 Works from Chainage 13.475km to chainage 26.7km including a 69m long bridge over Sandy Creek.
The project will provide the following benefits:
- Increased route accessibility to support the planned Project Sea Dragon and Ord Stage 3 developments
- Improved freight capacity, through sealing of existing pavements
- Improved flood immunity, through provision of new bridges over the Keep River and Sandy Creek
- Increased regional productivity and economic development, through provision of year-round road access
The Works include:
- Establishment, maintenance and demobilisation of all Site facilities
- Liaison and coordination with Traditional Owner representatives and employment providers to maximise indigenous employment opportunities
- Liaison and coordination with Indigenous Business Enterprise (IBE) to maximise their engagement on the project for delivery of parts of the Works
- Coordination and management of all Conformance Testing
- Coordination and management of all Quality Assurance documentation requirements
- Environmental management
- Traffic planning, management, control, operation and auditing throughout the duration of the works
- Clearing and grubbing
- Approxmately 600,000BCMs of Earthworks including the pushing and screening and blending of specified fill materials.
- Pavements including the pushing and screening and blending of specified pavement materials
- Lime Stabilisation of the embankment foundation and cement stabilisation of the pavement layers
- Spray sealing
- Road furniture and traffic control devices
- Pavement marking
- Fencing
- Drainage works, consisting of various sizes up to 10 cell 2.1M diameter re-enforced concrete pipes’s.
- Protection works
- Rehabilitation
- Test drilling at each pier and abutment location
- Supply and installation of bored piles for piers and abutments
- Precast construction for bridgeworks
- Construction of Bridgeworks superstructure
- Embankment Protection Works
- Bridge Railing