NewsRoom 2009
Please contact the Media Manager for further information about the Department of Planning and Infrastructure news, media releases or other activities:
Media Manager - Nicole Manison
Ph: (08) 8924 7287
Fax: (08) 8924 7099
Mobile: 0448 693 279
Email: Nicole.Manison@nt.gov.au
Barkly Highway repairs finished
05 March 2009
Dispatched at 3.24pm CST.
Repairs to the Barkly Highway - damaged when floodwaters from the Ranken River sluiced away 70 metres of the road on 5 January 2009 - have now been completed.
Download current update - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Previous Road Information Bulletins - Updates on Barkly Highway
- 05 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 04 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 29 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 28 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 26 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 23 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 22 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 21 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 20 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 19 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 18 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 15 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 14 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 13 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 12 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 11 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 9 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 8 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 7 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 6 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Update on Victoria Highway
01 March 2009
Issued at 7.41am CST.
The Victoria River Bridge - 200 km west of Katherine – has been reopened to traffic.
Motorist message alert boards in Kununurra and Katherine have been updated.
Download current update - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Previous Road Information Bulletins - Updates on Victoria Highway
- 28 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 6.40pm CST
- 28 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 7.12am CST
- 17 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 11.23am CST
- 17 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 7.01am CST
- 16 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 4.50pm CST
- 16 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 6.52am CST
- 15 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 4.50pm CST
- 15 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 12.07pm CST
- 14 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 4.35pm CST
- 14 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 7.50am CST
- 13 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 3.50pm CST
- 13 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 6.54am CST
- 12 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 11 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 4.30pm CST
- 11 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 11.46am CST
- 08 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 07 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 05 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 9.40am CST
- 04 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 4.10pm CST
- 04 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf) Issued at 10am CST.
- 03 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 02 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 01 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 31 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 30 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 29 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 27 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 26 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 25 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 24 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 23 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 22 Jan - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Point Stuart Road Impassable
26 February 2009
Issued at 3.07pm CST.
The Arnhem Highway is now passable to high clearance vehicles at the Wildman River west branch – 122km from the Stuart Highway.
Download current update - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Update on Arnhem Highway
26 February 2009
Issued at 3.07pm CST.
The Arnhem Highway is now passable to high clearance vehicles at the Wildman River west branch – 122km from the Stuart Highway.
Download current update - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Previous Road Information Bulletins - Update on Arnhem Highway
- 25 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Update on Fog Bay Road
26 February 2009
Issued at 3.07pm CST.
The Charlotte River – nearly 5km from the Cox Peninsula Rd – and the Annie River – 10.4km from the Cox Peninsula Rd, can now only be negotiated with caution by high clearance vehicles.
Download current update - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Previous Road Information Bulletins - Update on Fog Bay Road
- 24 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
- 23 Feb - Road Information Bulletin (pdf)
Government lands system commercialised
16 February 2009
The NT Government will tomorrow sign a major land information management software deal with Salmat BusinessForce, a specialist outsourced business services company.
Department of Planning and Infrastructure CEO Richard Hancock will meet with Salmat BusinessForce executives to ratify the agreement, allowing BusinessForce to operate and market the Integrated Land Information System (ILIS) developed by the Department. Read Media Release







