Works update – 17 March

Benns Bridge on Iron Pot Creek Road opened to traffic yesterday. Council crews are currently removing the side-track and working to rehabilitate the site. Once finished, the crew will move to Gradys Creek Road to start work on the new Methvens Bridge.

Council’s other two bridge crews are making progress on Montgomerys Bridge on Iron Pot Creek Road and Cedargetters Bridge on Gradys Creek Road.

Montgomerys Bridge — The crew is working on the eastern side headstock and will be placing the western side pier formwork this week.

Cedargetters Bridge – Steel reinforcement and formwork is being put in place on the deck this week, with Council hoping to pour the concrete deck next week, weather permitting.

Grading crews are working on Knights Road and Old Lawrence Road over the next two weeks and will then move to Dunns Road and Hootons Road. Roadside slashing is happening along Ettrick Road, Omagh Road, and Clarence Way and its sealed side roads.

Pothole patching is continuing on Clarence Way, with the Jetpatcher expected to move to Gradys Creek Road next week, weather permitting.

Repairs to landslips on Gradys Creek Road and Kyogle Road are complete, with crews now working to re-instate the sites and repair the road surfaces.

Council continues to monitor the landslip on Iron Pot Creek Road, while work on the Williams Road landslip has stopped for now due to contractor issues. The site has reopened to traffic, and works will recommence later this year.

Flood repairs to Lions Road are continuing, however the recent wet weather has delayed progress. Crews are working hard to make up for lost time, with the repairs not expected to be completed until mid-April. Lions Road remains closed from Murphy Standfield Bridge to the border.

Work to replace a flood-damaged culvert on Masons Road was due to start today and is likely to take a week to complete.

Work on Summerland Way at The Risk and 1.5km south of the Queensland border is continuing.

On the Clarence Way, Council is replacing a culvert and carrying out heavy patching north of Bonalbo and cleaning drains and replacing another culvert south of Bonalbo in the Medhurst Quarry section of the road. The funded work is expected to be completed, weather permitting, in May, with Council continuing to lobby for extra money to complete the upgrade of the entire length of the road.

Meanwhile, Council staff are taking video equipment and the roughometer out on to all roads in the local government area to measure the “roughness” of the road surfaces. The information collated is used when determining road maintenance priorities and applying for grant funding.