Great Western Highway upgrade won't include faster speed limit on Blue Mountains

By Matt Watson
Updated January 6 2020 - 11:29am, first published January 5 2020 - 7:00pm
NO SPEED RISE: Alistair Lunn (pictured insert) says much of the new Great Western Highway will still have a speed limit of 80km/h across the top of the mountains, including in places like Mount Victoria.
NO SPEED RISE: Alistair Lunn (pictured insert) says much of the new Great Western Highway will still have a speed limit of 80km/h across the top of the mountains, including in places like Mount Victoria.

AN increase in the speed limit on an upgraded Great Western Highway in the Blue Mountains is not possible due to the problems of geometry, according to Transport for NSW western region director Alistair Lunn.

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