Road repairs are happening to part of the Bruxner Highway west of Casino where a landslip caused significant damage.
Two downslopes were reportedly damaged in the landslip between Willock Street and Bulmers Road at Mallanganee, about 40km west of Casino.
Transport for NSW are carrying out the repair work, which includes repairing and stabilising, thanks to $9.5 million in co-funding from the state and federal governments.
NSW Minister for Recovery and Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin says the funding has been made available under the Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), with a provision to ‘build back better’.
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The work reportedly requires the installation of soil nails and micropiles, which are drilled deep into the slope, together with improvements to drains and culverts, which are expected to take about six months to complete.
Minister Saffin says the Bruxner Highway is a vital artery in the state’s north, connecting locals, freight and tourists from Ballina to Boggabilla.
‘It is also one of the key local roads in my electorate, taking me directly to Tenterfield—a beautiful Tablelands town I proudly represent,’ Ms Saffin said in a media release, ‘and I know every twist and turn of this road’.
‘We have faced repeated severe weather in recent years,’ she said, ‘and this work is about more than repairing damage; it’s about strengthening our transport network so communities can recover faster and be better prepared for future events’.
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