Premium Content Subscriber only It has been a long road to this point, but the Byron Bay Bypass is expected to open this month. Byron Shire Council's client representative for the bypass, Josh Winter, said contractor Hazell Bros completed the bulk of works at the end of January but there are "minor outstanding works to go through and tidy up". Mr Winter said the project had "a lot of challenges". "It's definitely been a challenging project," Mr Winter said. "We started the project with protesters on site which delayed the start of the project." Police and protesters clashed at the Byron Bay bypass site in mid-2019.