Report unusual flying-fox behaviour

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Two large camphor laurel trees will be removed from within the Kyogle Gardens Caravan Park as part of Council’s Kyogle Flying-fox Camp Management Plan.
The work is expected to take two days, however the Caravan Park will be closed from Monday, 26 June for a week, reopening on Saturday, 1 July 2023.
Kyogle Council has timed these works so that the impacts to the nearby flying-fox camp will be at its lowest. Council will monitor the camp throughout the on-ground works, and we are also asking community members to contact Council if they observe unusual flying-fox behaviour.
Should you observe unusual flying-fox behaviour or daytime sightings during the period these works are taking place, please contact Council’s Senior Environmental Services Officer on 0447 667 935.
If you find a bat injured or on the ground, please do not touch the bat; call one of these wildlife rescue organisations (24 Hours Rescue):
  • WIRES Northern Rivers: 1800 094 737
  • Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers: 02 6628 1866

Works update – 26 June 2023

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Grading crews are undertaking unsealed road flood repairs on Blackhorse, Pagans Flat, Oxbow, Boundary Creek, and Ghinni Ghi roads. The next roads on the list are Gabal, Tallowood, Vidlers, Afterlee and Iron Pot Creek roads before we head to the Duck Creek Road and Paddys Flat catchments to finish up the gravel road flood repairs.
Council’s construction crews are working on:
• Deep Creek Road;
• The initial seal on the second section of Collins Creek Road;
• Heavy patching on the State Highways (this crew will be working on the highways until mid-August when they will return to Kyogle Road).
Council is patching potholes on Clarence Way, Gradys Creek and Kyogle roads.
Crews continue to work on the new bridges on Duck Creek (two), Roseberry Creek and Boorabee Creek roads.
Work is nearing completion on the new MacQueens Road bridge, and work has been completed on the Slaters Road bridge. Those two crews are moving to Williams Road and Trentys Lane.
Contractors continue to work on new bridges on Old Cob O Corn Road, Baileys Bridge Road, and Tims Lane. Council hopes the Tims Lane and Old Cob O Corn Road bridges will be open in late July.
Repairs to landslips on Atkins, Horseshoe Creek and Back Creek roads have been completed. Work is continuing on landslips on Kyogle, Lynches Creek, Gradys Creek and Williams roads.
Work on three of the major landslips on Lions Road is expected to start in July. The road will remain open under traffic control while the work is carried out.
Council has so far completed the remediation of 31 of the 105 landslips which occurred on out road network following the February/March 2022 floods.

3-bin information stall at Kyogle Bazaar

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Have questions about the new 3-bin system?
This Saturday 24 June, Council will be at the Rotary Kyogle Bazaar, from 9am – 2pm at Amphitheatre Park. Drop by for a chat at our information stall and the chance to win some sustainable prizes!
For more information, visit our website https://www.kyogle.nsw.gov.au/…/was…/waste-and-recycling/ or contact Council on 02 6632 1611.

Works update – 8 June 2023

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Grading crews continue to do unsealed road flood repairs on Stringy Bark, Murrays Scrub, Old Lawrence, Sargents, Homeleigh, Back Creek, and Smiths Creek roads.  The next roads on the list are Boundary Creek, Oxbow, Blackhorse, Vidlers, Appletree Flat, Taylors, O’Neils and Ghinni Ghi roads.

The remediation of the Clarence Way between Urbenville and Woodenbong has been completed.

Sealed road construction crews are currently working on Deep Creek, Kyogle, and Collins Creek roads.

Work on Kyogle Road is nearing completion, but the crew will step away and do heavy patching on the State Highways for the next month. They will return once the landslip repairs on Kyogle Road are completed.

Council is patching potholes on Clarence Way, Gradys Creek and Kyogle roads.

The new bridges on Boomi Creek Road and Montgomerys Road were opened to traffic this week, and the new bridge on Collins Valley Way will be open to traffic tomorrow afternoon.

Crews continue to work on the new bridges on Slaters Road MacQueens Road and  two bridges on Duck Creek Road. New bridges on Roseberry Creek and Boorabee Creek roads were started this week.

Contractors continue to work on new bridges on Old Cob O Corn Road, Baileys Bridge Road, and Tims Lane.  The new Tims Lane and Old Cob O Corn Road bridges are expected to open in late July.

The restoration of landslips on Atkins, Horseshoe Creek, Back Creek, and Kyogle roads is ongoing. Council is ready to commence works on landslips on Anzac Drive (Geneva Bridge), Williams Road and Gabal Road as soon as we receive approval from Transport for NSW.

 

 

3-bin information stall at Tabulam markets

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Have questions about the new 3-bin system?
This Sunday 11 June, Council will be at the Tabulam Community Markets, from 9am – 2pm at the Tabulam Sports Ground (town oval).
Drop by for a chat at our information stall and the chance to win some sustainable prizes!
For more information, visit the waste and recycling page on the website by following this link  or contact Council on 02 6632 1611

Works update – 1 June 2023

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Drainage crews are currently working on Toonumbar, Wender, Deep Creek, The Risk, Bennetts, and Kyogle roads.

Once these jobs are complete, the crews will move to Green Pigeon, Afterlee, Bottle Creek, and Woods roads.

Grading crews are undertaking unsealed road flood repairs on Stringy Bark, Murrays Scrub, Old Lawrence, Sargents, Homeleigh, Back Creek, Tunglebung Creek, and Smiths Creek roads.  The next roads on the list are Boundary Creek, Oxbow, Buchanans, and O’Neill roads.

The remediation of the Clarence Way between Urbenville and Woodenbong is expected to be finished tomorrow. Council’s other sealed road construction crews are currently extending the seal on Collins Creek Road and completing flood repairs on Kyogle streets.

Work on Kyogle Road also is nearing completion.

Council is patching potholes on Clarence Way and Homeleigh Road. Upcoming roads to be targeted include Gradys Creek and Kyogle roads.

On the bridge construction front, our crews are working on new bridges on Collins Valley Road,  Boomi Creek Road, MacQueens Road, Montgomerys Road, and Slaters Road. Montgomerys Road Bridge should be open to traffic within the next week.

Contractors are working on new bridges on Old Cob O Corn Road, Baileys Bridge Road, and Tims Lane.

The starting date for the repair of three major landslips on Lions Road has been pushed back to late July due to contractor availability.  Council is continuing to work on landslips on Atkins, Horseshoe Creek, Back Creek, and Kyogle roads.

Repairs to the landslip on Hayes Road were recently completed.

 

Service NSW rate relief for 2022 flood affected property owners

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Council has been fielding enquiries from concerned property owners, particularly rural landholders, who have been advised by Service NSW that they would receive rate relief only to find their rate notices have not changed.
Landholders are advised that Service NSW is responsible for the administration, and payment of, rate relief for eligible property owners impacted by last year’s floods.
Not only does Service NSW determine who receives the rate relief, but when it is paid.
The rate relief is being paid to Council in batches and Council is not being advised prior who is receiving the rate relief or when the batches are coming in. The payment of the rate relief, unfortunately is not aligned with when Council issues its rates notices. The most recent rate relief payment was received by Council on 24 May, 2023, and rates notices were issued in mid-April, with a due date of May 31, 2023.
Council understands how frustrating this process is for our community.
However, if you are eligible for rate relief and Service NSW pays your rates after the rates notice has been sent out, the rate relief payment will be credited to your rates account, and adjusted on your next notice. It should also be noted that payment is made only for the ordinary rate component of the rates levied and not charges such as water, waste and sewer.
To be eligible for rate relief, your residential, commercial or farmland property must be located in one of the seven highly impacted Northern Rivers local government areas, which includes the Kyogle Council area.
Your property must also have been:
  • assessed by the State Emergency Service and deemed damaged or destroyed by the February and March 2022 floods, or
  • approved for one of the following grants or support programs for the February and March 2022 storms and floods:

Back Home grant

Flood property assessment program

Rental support payment, as an owner

February and March 2022 storm and flood disaster small business grant

Northern Rivers medium size business grant

Rural Landholders Grant

Special Disaster Grant for Primary Producers.

You do not need to apply for this council rates relief. For further information please call Service NSW on 13 77 88.
Girder installation Mulcahy Bridge Boomi Creek Road

Works update – 19 May 2023

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Landslip repair is underway at sites on Horseshoe Creek Road, Hayes Road, Back Creek Road, and Kyogle Road and will be shortly be commencing at the three major landslips on Lions Road.

Bridge construction continues on Boomi Creek Road, Montgomery Road, Macqueens Road, Duck Creek Road, Collins Valley Road, Baileys Bridge Road, Tims Lane, and Old Cob O Corn Road.

Heavy patching will be carried out next week on various Kyogle urban streets and Bingeebeebra Road and pothole patching will be focussed on Afterlee Road, Clarence Way, Homeleigh Road, and Gradys Creek Road. The construction crew working on the rehabilitation of Clarence Way between Urbenville and Woodenbong is nearing the final stretch of that project, which is expected to be complete in early June.

Unsealed road repairs are underway at Old Lawrence Road, Eden Creek Road, Armstrongs Road, Williams Road, Old Tweed Road, and Lamberton Lane which will be folloed by Dunns Road, Smiths Creek Road, O’Neills Road, Lofts Pinnacle Road, Back Creek Road, Boundary Creek Road, Sargents Road, Homeleigh Road, Oxbow Road, Bottle Creek Road, Appletree Flat Road, Murray Scrub Road, and Stringybark.

New 3-bin information stall at Kyogle Farmers Market

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Have questions about the new 3-bin system?

This Saturday 20 May Council will be at the Kyogle Farmers Market from 8am – 12pm, Stratheden Street Kyogle. Drop by for a chat at our information stall and the chance to win some sustainable prizes!

For more information, follow this link to the Waste and Recycling page on the website our website  or contact Council on 02 6632 1611.

Works update – 27 April 2023

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Grading crews completing flood damage repairs have been working on Eden Creek, Roseberry Creek, Williams, Yongurra, and Pines roads. Once work on these roads has been completed, the crews will move to O’Donnel Creek, Old Lawrence, Koala Grove, Lynches Creek, Barnes, Lilli Pilli, Runnymede, Back Creek, Boundary Creek, Gooleys, and Lamberton roads.
Drainage repair crews are currently working on Afterlea, Lillian Rock,  Paddys Flat, Culmaran, Coxs, Imesons, Masons, Kyogle and Boundary Creek roads as well as Clarence Way.  They will then move on to Tunglebung Creek and Riches roads.
Once crews have finished clearing drains, they will then start work repairing flood-damaged culverts.
Contractors are currently working to repair landslips on Clarence Way, Lillian Rock Road, and Kyogle Road. Work should start in May to repair three of the landslips on Lions Road, while final designs have been completed for the remediation of the Geneva Bridge landslip. Council is currently waiting on final approval for the designs from Transport for NSW.
Work is in progress on new bridges on Duck Creek Road, Tims Lane, Baileys Bridge Road and MacQueens Road Bridge. Work also is continuing on Mulcahys Bridge on Boomi Creek Road, and the new bridges on Collins Valley Road and Montgomerys Road.
Pothole patching crews are working on Omagh and Afterlee roads and Clarence Way.
Remediation of Clarence Way between Urbenville and Woodenbong is continuing and is expected to be completed in May. Other constructions crews are undertaking sealed road flood damage repairs on Findon Creek, Bingeebeebra and Kyogle roads.

Traffic delays Kyogle Road

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Motorists traveling Kyogle Road between Quarry Road intersection and Cawongla village can expect long delays over the coming four weeks as flood damage repair work is undertaken.
Delays will occur week days (Monday to Friday) between the hours of 6am and 6pm from (Monday, 17 April through until mid-May.
The pavement stabilisation works will be carried out under traffic control, with traffic controllers on site.
Electronic message boards advising of works will be installed along Kyogle Road to keep motorists informed.

Works update – 13 April 2023

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Work has been temporarily scaled back this week as a number of Council crews have taken well-earned breaks over Easter.
Two sealed road flood restoration crews continue to work on Peacock Creek and Kyogle roads. Another sealed roads crew is undertaking the rehabilitation of Chauvel, Stratheden and Earl streets in Kyogle under the State-funded Pothole Repair Program.
Crews currently on leave will return to work on Monday and resume work on Findon Creek Road and the Clarence Way between Woodenbong and Urbenville.
Drainage crews are currently working in the Afterlee, Tunglebung, Duck Creek, Cawongla and Sextonville catchments.
Council is currently grading Wyndham, Roseberry Creek, Creegans, Sextonville, and Pines roads. When these roads are completed, the grading crews will move to the Boorabee catchment and Apple Gum, Eden Creek, Koala Grove, Plantation, Leadbetters, Williams, Barnes, Lilli Pilli and Gooleys roads.
Pothole patching crews will focus on the Clarence Way and Omagh and Afterlee roads over the next two weeks.
Work on the new bridges on Tims Lane and Baileys Bridge Road is continuing, meanwhile the new Gears Bridge on Duck Creek Road has opened to traffic. The crew will tidy up that site when they return from their Easter break and then move on to Allen Bridge on Duck Creek Road.
The new bridge on Old Lawrence Road has opened to traffic and the crew has moved to MacQueens Road Bridge. Work is continuing on Mulcahys Bridge on Boomi Creek Road and the new bridges on Collins Valley Road and Montgomerys Road.

Works update – 30 March 2023

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The new Horseshoe Creek Bridge on Horseshoe Creek Road will open to traffic this afternoon, while the new bridge on Old Lawrence Bridge will open to traffic tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.

Piling continues on the new bridge on Collins Valley Road, while one of Council’s bridge crews is pouring abutments on Gears Bridge on Duck Creek Road. Scour protection works are in progress on Mulcahys Bridge on Boomi Creek Road and contractors are working on new bridges on Old Cob O Corn Road, Tims Lane and Baileys Bridge Road.

Sealed roads flood restoration crews are working on Peacock Creek, Kyogle, Findon Creek, and Sextonville roads. The remaining road construction crew is working on the remediation of Clarence Way between Woodenbong and Urbenville. The project is on schedule to be completed by the end of April.

Grading crews are currently doing flood repairs on Edenville, Babyl Creek, Creegans, Roseberry Creek, and Wyndham Roads. The crews will be moving to Applegum, Eden Creek, Koala Grove, Plantation, Leadbeatters Williams, Barnes, Lilli Pilli, MacQueens, Carruthers and Pines roads in the near future.

Drainage repair crews are working on Kyogle, Tabulam, Applegum, Roseberry Creek, Wiangaree Back, Knights, Cedargetters, and MacQueens roads.

Landslip rehabilitation works are underway on Lillian Rock Road, Clarence Way, and Kyogle Road.

Works update – 10 March 2023

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Council’s grading crews are currently completing flood damage repairs to Gordons, McClellands, Babyl Creek, Haystack, Hootons and Wiangaree Back road as well as Mahoneys Lane.
Once these roads are finished the grading crews will move on to Lynches Creek, Gorge Creek, Roseberry Creek, Creegans, Williams and Edenville roads. Work on Edenville Road will include an urgent rip and return to gravel on part of the sealed section of the road.
Council is currently undertaking sealed road repairs on Kyogle, Findon Creek, Peacock Creek and Sextonville roads. The road construction crew continues to work on the remediation of the Clarence Way between Woodenbong and Urbenville.
Flood damage drainage repairs are being undertaken on Kyogle, Peacock Creek, Wyndham, Roseberry Creek, Dunns, Joyces, Babyl Creek, and Wiangaree Back roads. Crews are also patching potholes on Kyogle streets and Clarence Way.
All of the identified landslips on Tabulam Road have now been repaired, with work progressing on landslips on Clarence Way and Kyogle, Peacock Creek, and Creegans roads.
Council is currently waiting for funding approval for the remediation of the three landslips on Lions Road, with work on all three expected to start in April. Council has consultants working on designs for the repair of the 15 highest priority landslips.
The new Chestnut Road, Larsson Road, and Deep Creek Road bridges opened to traffic this week. Work on Levers Road Bridge has also been completed and will be open to traffic once the concrete deck has cured.
Work is continuing on the new Gears Bridge on Duck Creek Road, with work to start soon on new bridges on Collins Valley, Roseberry Creek, Old Lawrence, and Horseshoe Creek roads.
Contractors have started work on new bridges on Old Cob o Corn and Bailey Bridge roads.

Works update – 1 March 2023

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Council has now completed 53 of the 93 bridges we received funding to replace under the Fixing Country Bridges, Bridge Renewal and Page Bridge Package programs.
The latest bridges opened to traffic were Capeen Creek No.2 and Iron Pot Creek Bridge. Both were finished last week.
Bridge crews are currently working on new bridges on Chestnut, Larsson, Deep Creek, Levers and Duck Creek roads.  Work will start within the next few weeks on bridge replacements on Baileys Bridge Road, Old Cob O Corn Road and Tims Lane.
Baileys Bridge Road will remain closed while the work is undertaken and Tims Lane will be closed when work starts. Old Cob O Corn Road will also be closed at the bridge, however Council is working with locals to minimise disruptions.
Flood damage drainage repairs are currently being undertaken on Kyogle, Peacock Creek, Eden Creek, Roseberry Creek, Ettrick, Imesons, Joyces and Babyl Creek roads.
Grading crews are doing flood damage repairs on Old Lawrence, Coxs, Doohans, Beech, and Pines roads. Once these roads are finished, the graders will move to Turpentine, Warrazambil Creek, Apple Tree, Taylors, Dingo Gully, McClelland, Williams, Provians, Babyl Creek, Gooleys and Edenville roads.
Sealed road flood damage repairs are in progress on Peacock Creek, Kyogle, Findon Creek, and McDonalds Bridge roads. Remediation works on Clarence Way between Woodenbong and Urbenville are continuing.
Work to repair landslips on Tabulam, Kyogle and Creegans roads is progressing. Work will start on landslips on Peacock Creek, Horseshoe Creek and Hayes roads within the next week.
Council has so far completed repairs on 19 of the 95 identified landslips on its road network. A further 15 are programmed to be repaired soon, while repairs to another 13 are currently in design.

Planned works at Kyogle landfill postponed

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Work to upgrade the general waste drop off area at the Kyogle landfill have been postponed until further notice.
Unforeseen circumstances have forced Council to delay the work which was due occur in February/March.
Council will provide further information once the work has been rescheduled.

Works update – 2 February 2023

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Flood damage grading crews are working on Sextonville, Strains, Rices, Richmond Range, Tunglebung Creek and Knights roads.

Sealed road flood damage remediation works are happening on Theresa Creek and Collins Creek roads. Crews will start on McDonalds Bridge/Sextonville Road mid-February.

Drainage works are being undertaken on Sextonville, Strains, Tunglebung, Mahoneys, Kyogle, Eden Creek, Boorabee, Theresa Creek, and Richmond Range roads, with work to start on Roseberry Creek Road next week.

Road construction crews are working on projects on Dyraaba Road, with the initial seal scheduled to take place next week (as always weather permitting) and remediation works on the Urbenville to Woodenbong section of Clarence Way. Another section of Clarence Way is to be sealed next week.

Work crews are cleaning out culverts on Clarence Way between Bonalbo and Urbenville as part of Council’s investigations prior to the $20 million upgrade of that stretch of the road. There will also be pavement testing conducted over the next couple of weeks.

Pothole patching is happening on Clarence Way, streets in the West of the Range villages and Ettrick and Lynches Creek roads.

Works are continuing on new bridges on Deep Creek, Capeen Creek, Tunglebung, Levers, and Old Lawrence roads. The concrete deck poured on the new bridge on Iron Pot Creek Road is curing and the bridge will open to traffic next week.

The landslip on Lofts Pinnacle Road has been repaired, and work on landslips on Kyogle Road at Cawongla, Lions Road at Cougal and Old Cob O Corn Road is due to be finished later this week. Work is continuing on landslips on Kyogle Road (near Williams Road) and Tabulam Road.

Works update – 25 January 2023

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Council has completed repairs on landslips on Wender Road and Kyogle Road, near Bolziccos Road. However, the Kyogle Road repair work is waiting on a final seal.

Work to remediate slips on Kyogle Road, near Williams Road, Lofts Pinnacle Road, and Lions Road is expected to be completed next week.

Flood damage drainage works are currently being undertaken on Bonners Lane and Kyogle, Collins Creek, Tunglebung Creek, Theresa Creek, Eden Creek, Sextonville, Strains, Lions, and Edenville roads.

Flood damage grading crews are working on Brindle Creek, Tunglebung Creek, Collins Valley, Sextonville and Theresa Creek roads. Council also is patching sections of Collins Creek and Theresa Creek roads.

One of Council’s bridge crews is currently carrying out abutment works on Capeen Creek Bridge No 2, with installation of girders and decks expected to occur in the next month. Meanwhile, the deck on the new bridge on Iron Pot Creek Road was poured this week and abutment works started on the new Levers Road Bridge.

Work is continuing on new bridges on Tunglebung Creek, Old Lawrence, and Deep Creek roads.

Pothole patching is occurring in Bonalbo today, with that crew then to move to Clarence Way. Other pothole patching crews are working on Wiangaree Back Road and Ettrick Road.

Remediation of the Clarence Way between Urbenville and Woodenbong is ongoing, while the initial seal on the new section of Dyraaba Road is set be completed by the end of February.

Ettrick Community-led Resilience Team meeting

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CHANGE OF DATE – NOW TUESDAY 31 JANUARY 10am, ETTRICK HALL

(Previously set down for Monday 30 January)

Red Cross Emergency Services is inviting residents of Ettrick and surrounds to join them for a community conversation about creating a Community-led Resilience Team (CRT) to help connect and support before, during and after emergencies.

The meeting will include a presentation by the Red Cross outlining what a CRT is followed by a connecting with neighbours.

If you would like to get information about emergencies in real time, come along and sign up to your local CRT, please RSVP via the QR Code below or call 0417 590 611.

All community members are invited to come along.

 

 

Works update – 18 January 2023

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The new Capeen Creek Bridge Number 1 was opened to traffic today. Council started building the bridge last year and it is the second of three new bridges on Capeen Creek Road that have so far been completed. Work on the third bridge is in progress.
The new bridge on Pines Road (pcutured) has also been opened to traffic.
Work on new bridges on Tunglebung, Iron Pot and Levers roads is continuing, while work began this week on new bridges on Old Lawrence and Deep Creek roads.
Pothole patching crews are currently working on Horseshoe Creek and Green Pigeon roads and Clarence Way. They will be moving to the Ettrick area next.
Roadworks have recommenced on Dyraaba Road and Clarence Way between Urbenville and Woodenbong. Council also is carrying out interim repairs on Ettrick Road (Kyogle end), with the work expected to be completed by the end of the week.
Flood damage grading crews are working on Trentys Lane and Pitches, Yabbra, Killaloe and Sextonville roads. Sealed road flood rehabilitation works are being carried out on Bingeebeebra, Theresa Creek and Collins Creek roads.
Landslips are being repaired on Lost Pinnacle Road, Kyogle Road near Williams Road and Kyogle Road near Bolziccos Road. Work to repair a landslip on Old Cobb O Corn Road is expected to start by the end of the week. Council also is undertaking landslip repair investigations on Boundary and Ettrick roads.

Works update – 4 January 2023

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Council crews were kept busy last night (3 January) and today clearing trees and debris from roads in the Woodenbong area after a violent storm swept through on Tuesday evening.
While a fair mess remains, Boomi Creek Road is the only road left closed. It is expected to be re-opened sometime tomorrow.
Council’s work crews will progressively return to work over the coming weeks, however work has started on new bridges on Levers Road and Horseshoe Creek Road and a grading crew is working on Trentys Lane.
All the road construction crews remain on leave.
A pothole patching crew is working on Kyogle Road this week (when it’s not clearing trees downed in the storm). Another pothole patching team will return to work next week and the two crews will then be targeting Clarence Way, Bentley Road, and Cawongla Road.
Work on the landslips and gravel road flood damage repairs will recommence from 9 January.

Works update – 21 December 2022

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It’s been a big week for our work crews, with interim works to repair a landslip under the Geneva Bridge completed — this included the installation of 119 cubic metres of shotcrete — and the new Olesons Bridge on Collins Creek Road now open to traffic.
Landslips repairs on Oxbow Road and the first one of four on Tabulam Road have also been completed.
The construction project on the Clarence Way at Sandilands was finished yesterday, when the final of two seals was laid. The first section of the remediation works on the Clarence Way between Woodenbong and Urbenville was sealed today.
Temporary seals at Salty Creek and Sandy Creek on the Clarence Way were also completed this week, while pothole crews have been busily working on Kyogle Road and Clarence Way.
Council’s work crews will finish up this afternoon for a well-earned Christmas break after a challenging and often difficult year. They will progressively return from 3 January 2023 to resume work on their ongoing projects.
For emergencies during the shutdown (22 December – 2 January), please call Council’s after-hours number 6626 6800.

Christmas-New Year closures and opening hours

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Council’s administration centre will close for the Christmas-New Year period at midday on Thursday 22 December, 2022 and re-open at 8.30am on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023.

During that time, a skeleton staff will be working, carrying out regular facilities cleaning and maintenance and water and sewer operations. For emergencies during this time, please call Council’s after-hours number 6626 6800.

Operating times for Council’s waste facilities over the Christmas-New Year period are as follows:

Kyogle Waste Facility:

  • Open 7:30am – 12pm: Thursday, 22 December; Friday 23, December; Wednesday, 28 December; Thursday, 29 December; Friday, 30 December.
  • Open 9am – 4pm: Saturday, 24 December; Saturday, 31 December.
  • Closed: Sunday, 25 December; Monday, 26 December; Tuesday, 27 December; Sunday, 1 January, 2023; Monday, 2 January 2023.

Woodenbong Transfer Station:

  • Open 9am – 4pm: Saturday, 31 December; Tuesday, 3 January, 2023.
  • Closed: Tuesday, 27 December.

Bonalbo Transfer Station:

  • Open 9am – 4pm: Saturday, 24 December; Wednesday, 28 December; Saturday, 31 December; Wednesday, 4 January, 2023.

Mallanganee Transfer Station:

  • Open 9am – 4pm: Thursday, 22 December; Thursday, 29 December.
  • Closed: Sunday, 25 December; Sunday, 1 January 2023.

Please note that garbage collection services will run as normal if they fall on a public holiday.

As is always the case, all of Council’s swimming pools (Kyogle, Woodenbong and Bonalbo) will be closed on Christmas Day (Sunday, 25 December) and Boxing Day (Monday, 26 December).

Opening hours for the pools on other public holidays during this period (apart from Christmas Day and Boxing Day) are: Kyogle 10am-6pm: Bonalbo and Woodenbong 2-6pm, noting that Bonalbo pool is closed on Tuesdays.

Works update – 16 December 2022

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The upgrade of the Bruxner Highway at Mallanganee Range has been completed. The construction crew will move to the western side of the range to start another major project on the Bruxner Highway in February.

The rehabilitation of the Clarence Way at Sandilands will be finished next week. The first section of the road was sealed this week, with bitumen to be laid on the second and final section mid next week. This crew will then move to work on the Clarence Way north of Bonalbo near the cemetery.

The upgrade of Dyraaba Road is on schedule to be completed in January.

Due to contractor availability, the crew working on Bingeebeebra Creek Road has had to pause that job and will be completing emergency patch ups on Theresa Creek and Edenville roads next week. Work on the Bingeebeebra Creek Road job will resume in the new year.

The first section of the Clarence Way between Woodenbong and Urbenville to be remediated will be sealed next week. Some sections will be left unsealed over the break, but the crew will be back on the job early in the new year.

Landslip repairs have been completed on Dyraaba and Kyogle roads and are continuing on Oxbow, Wender, and Afterlee roads and four sites on Tabulam Road. Interim works at Geneva Bridge are on target to be completed before the Christmas break.

The new Olesons Bridge on Collins Creek Road will be open to traffic next week, while work continues on Capeen Creek Bridges numbers 1 and 2, and the new bridges on Levers Road, Tunglebung Creek, Pines and Iron Pot Creek roads.

Flood damage drainage repairs are continuing on Horseshoe Creek, Askews Dip, Tunglebung, Eden Creek, Ferndale, Pines, James, Gooley, Old Lawrence, and Hillyards roads. The crews will move to Yongurra, Bairds, Duck Creek, Capeen Creek, O’Donnell, Edenville, and Butlers roads.

Grading crews are working to repair flood damage on Joes Box, Yabbra, Brindle Creek, Proctors, and Theresa Creek roads. The next roads to be targeted will be Tree Fern, Eggins, Slaughter Gully, and Davis roads.

Seale road flood damage repairs also have started on Collins Creek Road.

Potholes are being patched on Clarence Way with an extra crew starting next week focusing on Yabbra Scrub. The pothole crews have completed jobs on Bentley and Gradys Creek roads and are currently working on Kyogle Road.

 

$22M for flood affected primary industries supply chain

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Agricultural processing businesses that were impacted by the February and March 2022 floods are being assisted to re-establish operations through the Australian and NSW Government’s $22 million Supply Chain Support Program.
  • Eligible processors that experienced direct flood damage can apply for up to $2 million to support projects such as the replacement of damaged plant and machinery, business and product diversification or transporting product from outside the area.
  •  Processing businesses indirectly impacted by floods through major supply chain disruptions can apply for up to $250,000.
Eligible applicants must be located in one of the 62 local government areas (LGAs) impacted by AGRN 1012, as listed at nsw.gov.au/disaster-recovery/natural-disaster-declarations, or represent members that have been impacted.