{{short description|Road in New South Wales}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox Australian road | type = road | urban = | uc_former = | road_name = Solitary Islands Way | state = nsw | image = | imagesize = | caption = | image_alt = | length = 36 | length_rnd = | length_ref = <ref name="gmap">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-30.2461074,153.1413346/-29.9834255,153.1413513/@-30.0863722,153.0399933,11z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d153.1456164!2d-30.1967953!3s0x6b9c0a51c640e8e9:0x9f78f1bc8666eb77!3m4!1m2!1d153.1875333!2d-30.1540546!3s0x6b9bf5468fe72d39:0x130609b472b39cf0!3m4!1m2!1d153.1908073!2d-30.112698!3s0x6b9bf4c60636b677:0x60fa7957a4597336!3m4!1m2!1d153.1906899!2d-30.0275905!3s0x6b9bf2c593186f23:0x46a1e6ece9f6a617!1m0!3e0 |title=Solitary Islands Way, Korora NSW 2450 to Range Rd E, Dirty Creek NSW 2456 |accessdate=29 December 2020}}</ref> | est = | closed = | gazetted = 1 May 2014<ref name=gazette1>{{Gazette NSW|url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2014_2014-35.pdf|title=Coffs Harbour City Council – Naming of Roads|issue=35|page=1213|date=11 April 2014|access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref><br/><small>Korora to Arrawarra</small><br/>22 December 2017<ref name=gazette2>{{Gazette NSW|url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2017_2017-138.pdf|title=Coffs Harbour City Council – Roads Act 1993 – Naming of Roads|issue=138|page=7849|date=22 December 2017|access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref><br/><small>Arrawarra to Dirty Creek</small><br/> | gazetted_ref = | maintained = [[City of Coffs Harbour|Coffs Harbour City Council]]<ref name=handover/> | history = | route = | former = {{AUshield|NSW|A1}} (A1) (mid 2013–December 2013)<br/>{{AUshield|R|1}} (National Route 1) (until mid 2013)<br/><small>Korora to Arrawarra</small><br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} (A1) (2013–2017)<br/>{{AUshield|R|1}} (National Route 1) (until 2013)<br/><small>Arrawarra to Dirty Creek</small><br/> | tourist = | direction_a = South | end_a = {{AUshield|NSW|A1}}[[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]]<br/><small>Korora, New South Wales</small> | coordinates_a = {{coord|30.2461|S|153.1414|E|type:landmark|display=inline}} | exits = | direction_b = North | end_b = {{AUshield|NSW|A1}}[[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]]<br/><small>Dirty Creek, New South Wales</small> | coordinates_b = {{coord|29.9835|S|153.1414|E|type:landmark|display=inline}} | region = [[Mid North Coast]] | lga = [[City of Coffs Harbour|Coffs Harbour]] | through = {{NSWcity|Moonee Beach|Woolgoolga|Corindi Beach}} | show_links = false }}
'''Solitary Islands Way''' is a road in the [[Mid North Coast]] region of [[New South Wales]], located north of the city of [[Coffs Harbour]]. It links the towns of {{NSWcity|Woolgoolga}} and {{NSWcity|Corindi Beach}} to the [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]]. It consists of a mix of newly constructed roads, pre-existing Council-owned roads and former sections of the highway that were bypassed by new alignments in 2013 and 2017.
==Route description== Solitary Islands Way is a {{convert|36.4|km|mi|adj=on}} road stretching from Korora just north of [[Coffs Harbour]] to Dirty Creek near Halfway Creek. It passes through the towns of {{NSWcity|Moonee Beach}}, {{NSWcity|Woolgoolga}} and {{NSWcity|Corindi Beach}}.<ref name="gmap"/> The section between Korora and Woolgoolga runs largely parallel and adjacent to the Pacific Highway.
The following sections of the road were previously part of the Pacific Highway and were bypassed by new alignments:<ref name=gazette1/><ref name=gazette2/><ref name=handover/> *between the southern end near Coachmans Close and Split Solitary Road at Korora *between Woopi Drive and Arrawarra interchange via Woolgoolga *between Tasman Street and Range Road interchange via Corindi Beach
Additionally, three sections of the road that were not previously Pacific Highway had other previous names:<ref name=gazette1/><ref name=gazette2/> *Hoys Road: between Moonee Beach Road and south of Bucca Road at Moonee Beach *Graham Drive: between Emerald Heights Drive and Hearnes Lake Road at Sandy Beach *Eggins Drive: between Arrawarra Beach Road and Gateway Lifestyle Lorikeet Holiday Park access at Arrawarra<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/northern-nsw/woolgoolga-to-ballina/woolgoolga-to-halfway-creek/woolgoolga-to-halway-creek-letter-to-residents-january-2016.pdf|title=Temporary closure of Eggins Drive at Arrawarra|date=January 2016|publisher=Roads and Maritime Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626004955/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/northern-nsw/woolgoolga-to-ballina/woolgoolga-to-halfway-creek/woolgoolga-to-halway-creek-letter-to-residents-january-2016.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History== As part of the Pacific Highway Upgrade, the section between Coffs Harbour and Halfway Creek was progressively upgraded in the 2010s. The environmental assessment for the Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade of the highway in 2008 proposed a local access strategy, which involved the construction of new roads adjacent to the highway, using and upgrading existing Council-owned roads, or using the existing highway alignment as local access roads.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pacifichighway.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2018/Sapphire%20to%20Woolgoolga%20upgrade%20Environmental%20Assessment%20REPORT%20-%20Chapter%207%20The%20proposal.pdf|title=Sapphire to Woolgoolga Environmental Assessment|website=Pacific Highway Upgrade|publisher=NSW Roads and Traffic Authority|page=7-25|date=2008|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
In February 2013, the [[City of Coffs Harbour|Coffs Harbour City Council]] voted to name the new local access road as Solitary Islands Way.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/new-road-name-is-down-the-way/1755916/|title=New road name down the Way as council expected to approve|publisher=The Coffs Coast Advocate|date=14 February 2013|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> The Woolgoolga bypass of the highway opened to traffic on 16 December 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects/projects/pac_hwy/coffs_harbour_ballina/sapphire_woolgoolga/documents/131217_woolgoolga_bypass_map.pdf|title=Pacific Highway upgrade – Sapphire to Woolgoolga|publisher=Roads and Maritime Services|date=16 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227081220/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects/projects/pac_hwy/coffs_harbour_ballina/sapphire_woolgoolga/documents/131217_woolgoolga_bypass_map.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the rest of the Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade was completed in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Honk, honk|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/07/30/4057121.htm|accessdate=31 July 2014|publisher=ABC News Coffs Coast|date=30 July 2014}}</ref> Solitary Islands Way was gazetted on 1 May 2014 as a {{convert|26.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} local access road based on the local access strategy proposed in 2008, and consisted of:<ref name=gazette1/><ref name=handover>{{cite web|url=https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Your-Council/About-Council/Documents/Council%20Meetings/2012-2015%20Council%20Agendas%20and%20Minutes/2015.07.23%20-%20Agenda.pdf|title=Agenda - Ordinary Meeting 23 July 2015 - AGENDA|publisher=Coffs Harbour City Council|date=17 July 2015|page=32|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> *new roads parallel to the Pacific Highway, with some sections along former alignments of the highway *Hoys Road at Moonee Beach, upgraded and renamed to Solitary Islands Way *Graham Drive at Sandy Beach, renamed to Solitary Islands Way *bypassed section of the highway within Woolgoolga, including a section of Clarence Street *former alignment of the highway south of Split Solitary Road at Sapphire Beach
In October 2017, the Pacific Highway was bypassed between Arrawarra and Dirty Creek (Range Road) via [[Corindi Beach, New South Wales|Corindi Beach]], as part of the Woolgoolga to Halfway Creek upgrade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pacifichighway.nsw.gov.au/project-sections/coffs-harbour-to-ballina/woolgoolga-to-halfway-creek|title=Woolgoolga to Halfway Creek|website=Pacific Highway Upgrade|publisher=Transport for NSW|accessdate=27 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kevinhogan.com.au/no-halfway-measures-as-woolgoolga-to-halfway-creek-pacific-highway-upgrade-opens-to-traffic/|title=No halfway measures as Woolgoolga to Halfway Creek Pacific Highway upgrade opens to traffic|publisher=Kevin Hogan MP|date=24 October 2017|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> The bypassed section of the highway and the existing Eggins Drive at Arrawarra were renamed Solitary Islands Way on 22 December 2017, extending the road northwards from Arrawarra to Dirty Creek.<ref name=gazette2/>
In October 2020, Coffs Harbour City Council approved Woolgoolga's first set of traffic lights at the intersection of Solitary Islands Way and Centenary Drive, near [[Woolgoolga High School]] and the planned West Woolgoolga Sports Complex. The cost of the signalised intersection is estimated to be {{AUD}}5.26 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/woolgoolga-to-receive-its-first-set-of-traffic-lights-61114|title=Woolgoolga To Receive Its First Set Of Traffic Lights|publisher=News of the Area|date=6 November 2020|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> Construction is expected to begin in the second half of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/2020/10/22/new-intersection-to-help-improve-safety-on-solitary-islands-way/|title=New Intersection to Help Improve Safety on Solitary Islands Way|date=23 October 2020|website=Coffs Newsroom|publisher=Coffs Harbour City Council|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
==Major junction list== {{AUSinttop |length_ref=<ref name="gmap"/> |dest_ref=}} {{NSWint |LGA=[[City of Coffs Harbour|Coffs Harbour]] |LGAspan=25 |location_special=Korora |lspan= |type=trans |km=0 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Continues to Pacific Highway (south) }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Sapphire Beach |lspan=4 |type= |km=2.2 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]]<br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Entry and exit for Pacific Highway southbound only<br/>Solitary Islands Way continues to the west }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |road=Split Solitary Road – Sapphire Beach |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=2.3 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]]<br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only<br/>Solitary Islands Way continues to the north }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |road=Gaudrons Road |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Moonee Beach |lspan=4 |type= |km=5.1 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]]<br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |road=Moonee Beach Road{{NSWcity|Moonee Beach|p=on}} |notes=To entry and exit for {{AUshield|NSW|A1}} Pacific Highway southbound }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=7.7 |road=Killara Drive |notes=Solitary Islands Way continues to the southeast }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=7.9 |road=Tiki Road |notes=Solitary Islands Way continues to the northeast }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Emerald Beach |lspan=5 |type= |km=11.0 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=To Settlers Road<br/>Exit for Pacific Highway southbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |road=Brothers Drive |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=11.2 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Entry for Pacific Highway southbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |road=Fiddaman Road – Emerald Beach |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=12.4 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]] |notes=Exit for Pacific Highway southbound only<br/>Solitary Islands Way continues to the north }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Sandy Beach |lspan=4 |type= |km=12.7 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]]<br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |road=Emerald Heights Drive |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=14.0 |road=Diamond Head Drive – Sandy Beach |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=15.8 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]]<br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location=Woolgoolga |lspan=4 |type=incomplete |km=16.1 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Southbound entry for Pacific Highway southbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=16.2 |road=Hearnes Lakes Road |notes=Northbound to southbound u-turn to {{AUshield|NSW|A1}} (south) }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=16.7 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]] |notes=Exit for Pacific Highway southbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |road=Woopi Drive |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Arrawarra |lspan= |type= |km=24.4 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]]<br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location_special=Dirty Creek |lspan=2 |type= |km=36.4 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (north) – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane]]<br/>{{AUshield|NSW|A1}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A1) (south) – [[Coffs Harbour]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Sydney]] |notes=Entry and exit for Pacific Highway southbound only }} {{NSWint |LGA= |LGAspan= |location= |lspan= |type= |km=none |uspan= |road=Range Road |notes=To entry and exit for {{AUshield|NSW|A1}} Pacific Highway northbound }} {{Jctbtm |keys=trans,incomplete}}
==See also== *[[Big River Way]] - bypassed section of Pacific Highway and the site of the [[Grafton bus crash]] *[[Macleay Valley Way]] - bypassed section of Pacific Highway and the site of the [[Kempsey bus crash]] *[[Giinagay Way]] - bypassed section of Pacific Highway at [[Nambucca Heads, New South Wales|Nambucca Heads]] and [[Urunga, New South Wales|Urunga]]
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140227105217/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects/projects/pac_hwy/documents/maps/sapphire_to_woolgoolga_map.pdf Map of the Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Road infrastructure in regional New South Wales}}
[[Category: Roads in New South Wales]]