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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Dylan Nicholson

Drone footage captures first tyres rolling onto Raymond Terrace M1 extension

One of the Hunter's most desperately needed road projects will open to traffic in the early hours of Friday, finally bypassing a bottleneck that has snarled the region for generations.

The Hexam-Heatherbrae bottleneck has been declared "gone for good" as the $2.24 billion M1 Pacific Motorway extension between Black Hill and Raymond Terrace welcomes rolling tyres in less than 48 hours.

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