[talk-au] Pacific and New England Highway interchange area

[John Smith]

--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Mark Pulley <mrpulley at lizzy.com.au> wrote:

> Pacific Highway is NR1 (white shield) - my last trip was
> from Hexham  
> up to Raleigh (near Coffs Harbour) - I think I saw a couple
> of A1  
> shields, but it's still mostly the old shields. The M1 from
> Brisbane  
> AFAIK did finish at the border, but it may well have been
> extended  
> further since then. According to  
> http://ozroads.com.au/NSW/Special/MAB/evidence.htm the
> Tugun Bypass  
> has M1 shields including the NSW section.

That bypass was only just finished, according to wikipedia the NSW+Fed govts only came to a resolution in 96/97 over the pacific highway funding being 50/50 on new sections, but older sections are NSW only funded, the whole thing seems to be a bit of a mess because of govts playing silly buggers.