North Head Drive: Tourist road to re-open from three months of roadworks

North Head Drive in Moruya, an important tourist drive and direct link between the townships of Broulee and Moruya, will open to traffic from 2pm on Friday, August 20.

The road initially closed for important works on the Garlandtown bridge on May 24, but the works were delayed several times due to bad weather.

Eurobodalla Shire Council's director of infrastructure, Warren Sharpe, said the $2.8m upgrades involved a complete rebuild of the bridge for great load carrying capacity, as well as widening and strengthening more than 1.4 kilometres of the road.

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"North Head Drive is a busy transport link for motorists, cyclists, and the delivery of goods and services," he said.

"The road serves as an alternative route if the Princes Highway is closed, as we experienced during the 2019-20 bushfires.

"The first seal of the new road is done and line-marking will occur over the next few weeks. A 60 kilometre speed limit will remain in place until early September."

Mr Sharpe said the upgrade was part of an on-going council program to deliver safer and more efficient and resilient transport routes for coastal growth corridor between Batemans Bay and Moruya.

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"Garlandtown Bridge has been widened from 6.7 metres to 11 metres, including 2-metre wide shoulders on both sides for safer cycling. The bridge approaches have also been realigned and widened to conform to current regional road standards," he said.

Mr Sharpe thanked the community for their patience after wet weather saturated the road, which delayed work and extended the closure by several weeks.