After 15 years of campaigning, planning and construction, the multimillion-dollar Troy Junction upgrade was officially opened on Monday.
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The Troy Junction, where the Coonamble to Dubbo rail line meets the Merrygoen rail line, was moved 100 metres back from the Newell Highway intersection to allow heavy vehicles to wait safely before the level crossing.
The NSW government funded $4.54 million towards the project, with Dubbo City Council funding the remaining $2.8 million.
Dubbo mayor Mathew Dickerson said before the rail deviation was in place, trucks would have to travel an extra 6.4 kilometres through Dubbo.
"Now 6.4 kilometres may not sound like a huge amount but that added approximately $1.2 million to the overall transport costs," Cr Dickerson said.
It was by no means a small project, he said.
"It was complicated because you've got a whole range of other components here in terms of underground electricity, some of the effluent from our saleyards had to be changed, there's a whole range of components to the project.
"It wasn't as easy as just taking a railway line and having to bend it round a corner."
Dubbo MP Troy Grant said there was a greater timeframe in delivering the project due to the obstacles around land acquisition and ground utilities.
"To gain efficiencies wherever you can in this regard is an important multiplier to Dubbo's economy and the regions economy overall," he said.