Consultants are currently working on the design of an extension of Nudurr Drive between Grampians Street and Gungahlin Drive, which will provide additional access to the new suburb of Crace.

About 250 houses will be developed per year over the next 5 years in Crace, with housing sites expected to be fully developed during 2013. 

In the early planning of Gungahlin, Nudurr Drive was identified as a dual carriageway arterisl road starting at Gundaroo Drive and extending beyond Gungahlin Drive to the Gungahlin Town Centre.

However, following repositioning of the town centre and the rearragement of major roads in the area, Nudurr Drive:
-will remain a sub-arterial road
-will not extend east to Gungahlin Drive
-will not need to be a dual carriageway

Construction is not anticipated to occur before the 2010-2011 financial year.

Design Overview

The extension has been located as far as possible from the adjacent properties in Palmerston.

The road earthworks will still be contained within the road reserve.

A new roundabout is proposed at the Bollard Street intersection, and traffic lights at the Gungahlin Drive intersection.

An earth noise mound is proposed on the property side of the road.

Suitable landscaping is proposed between the existing residences and the new road to soften the visual impact of the new road. This will include scattered trees and shrub planting.