The 702 km Tanami Rd is an important transport corridor linking Alice Springs to the West Australian border via a number of communities, mines and pastoral properties.

The condition of the road has deteriorated progressively due to heavy transport servicing the mines at the western end of the road, unfavourable climatic conditions and the scarcity of good road building materials.

Options have been investigated for upgrading the Tanami Road and a Tanami Road Development Strategy has been prepared. It proposes the sealing of the road as far as the Lajamanu turnoff (approximately 440 km) and upgrading the remaining 79 km section to the WA border to a formed gravelled standard, (at a total estimated cost of $106 million) as the long term service level standard for the road.

From the web at; http://www.aliceahead.nt.gov.au/tanamiroad.shtml