b'Stage 2 of the Hunter Expressway involved the construction of 13 kilometres of thenew 40-kilometre expressway between the M1 Pacific Motorway near Seahamptonand the New England Highway west of Branxton, including the rugged section nearMount Sugarloaf.The Hunter Valley Expressway was completed in 2014.2010 2011Hunter Expressway New hydrographics Extensions to Burton and contracts Wilpinjong coal mines In alliance with Parsons Brinckerhoff and Hyder Consulting, Thiess is awardedThe Thiess Environment ServicesThiess is awarded a six-year, $1.3-billion the eastern section of the $1.7-billionhydrographics team wins two newcontract to extend mining operations at Hunter Expressway project in New Southcontracts with the Department ofBurton Coal Mine and another extension Wales. A collaboration between ThiessSustainability and Environment inon the 2004 contract at Wilpinjong Coal Construction and Mining followed, asAustralia, holding more than 40,000Mine in New South Wales.the expressway spanned undergroundyears worth of resource-monitoring data.mine workings. Record floods inundateSouth BankThe worst floods in a generationput South Bank in central Brisbane under water. The Brisbane Riverreaches 4.46 metres.91'