Roy, we are just over 200 km north of Coffs, so it won't impact directly on us, however I use the highway regularly and travelling through Coffs can be very slow. I do feel sorry for those farmers whose land will be affected by the current plan, as the proposed route goes west of the town and will cause severe problems for those in its path. I agree that the town needs to be bypassed, and should have been years ago, as it's a massive bottleneck on a busy highway. There was talk of tunnels at one stage, but apparently that idea has been shelved in favour of the current route. I would have thought that tunnels would have been the least disruptive option, but what do I know? When the Woolgoolga to Ballina section of the M1 is complete, Coffs Harbour will be the only remaining serious impediment to traffic flow, with dual carriageway on the rest of the trip from Sydney to Brisbane, over 900 km.
Peter.