Work on the $14.7 million Parkes Way widening project should be finished by the end of January, according to the ACT government.
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Outbound lanes are still under construction, with major bottlenecks delaying afternoon traffic.
An ACT government spokeswoman said delays had been caused by a sub-contractor going into liquidation, wet weather and delayed access to asphalt in December.
However, the litany of problems have not caused a cost blowout for the project.
‘‘Costs have been accommodated within the project budget,’’ the government spokeswoman said.
Parkes Way carries more than 35,000 vehicles a day and with increased residential development in the Molonglo Valley and Gungahlin, the volume of traffic is forecast to increase to 40,000 vehicles a day by 2016.
The widening project will improve travel times for people living in Canberra’s south who currently use the Tuggeranong Parkway, and for residents in the north and
west of Canberra who use William Hovell Drive and the Gungahlin Drive Extension to get on to Parkes Way.
A Territory and Municipal Services update on the project said the additional lane of the westbound carriageway was almost complete and the wearing course was to be placed this month.
‘‘Clunies Ross Bridge widening for the westbound carriageway is also complete and waiting for the placement of the wearing course, to be placed in January 2014,’’ the update said.
Stage 1 of the works for the Parkes Way project was finished in mid-October 2013.
This included three lanes city bound.
Meanwhile, TAMS said that Stage 2 works for outbound lanes were delayed due to ‘‘record rainfall in September 2013’’.
The Bureau of Meteorology recorded the second highest day of rainfall in 2013 on September 17 when their Australian National Botanic Gardens station had 45.8 millimetres.
Only January 27, 2013, had a higher day of rainfall, with 46.8 millimetres.