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🚧Here’s this week's Roads & Infrastructure update letting you know where our Roads & Infrastructure crews will be workin...
05/06/2026

🚧Here’s this week's Roads & Infrastructure update letting you know where our Roads & Infrastructure crews will be working across the Shire during the week commencing 8 June.

ROADWORKS:
⚠️Fishers Hill Road, Fishers Hill - Pavement stabilisation and culvert installation works are nearing completion, with sealing works scheduled to follow, weather permitting.
⚠️ Cory Street, Martins Creek - Road Rehabilitation - Site establishment and preliminary works are scheduled to commence. Traffic control will be in place for the duration of this project.
⚠️Abelard Street and Mackay Street Roundabout Construction – Works are continuing, with pavement works. The intersection will be closed for the duration of the project, with detours in place until completion. Resident and property access to both Abelard Street and Mackay Street will be maintained throughout the works. The
works are expected to be completed by the end of June 2026.

BRIDGES:
🌞New Clarence Town Bridge – Construction works are continuing, with pavement approach works and associated earthworks currently underway. Traffic control remains in place, with traffic lights operating under a single-lane arrangement. Delays are expected. These arrangements will remain in place for the duration of the
works.

MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES:
Sealed Roads
☑️Tar Patching - Gresford Road & Bingleburra Road
☑️Roadside Slashing - Gresford Road, Lennoxton Road, Glendonbrook Road, Horns Crossing Road, Summerhill Road
Unsealed Roads
☑️Monkerai Road

PARKS & SPORTING GROUNDS:
🍃Clarence Town Sporting Reserve - Resurfacing & Drainage - Stronger Country Communities Fund Round 5 - Turf establishment ongoing. Delayed due to ground conditions.
🏏Paterson Sportsground - Resurfacing & Drainage - Final mow before project handover (weather permitting).

PARK MAINTENANCE:
🌿 Dungog and Paterson areas

EMERGENCY CONTACT:
⚠️For all after-hours incidents relating to our local roads and bridges, please call: 0407 721 224. (Please note that this is a voice call only service and will not receive text messaging)

Local train services departing Dungog will operate to a modified timetable over the long weekend.Local services departin...
05/06/2026

Local train services departing Dungog will operate to a modified timetable over the long weekend.

Local services departing Dungog:
📅 Saturday 7 June, Sunday 8 June and Monday 9 June
• 7:49am
• 3:33pm
• 7:37pm

The North Coast XPT will continue to operate as normal.
Full regular services will resume on Tuesday 9 June.

For more information, please call 131 500 or visit

Transport and travel information to help you plan your public transport trip around NSW by metro, train, bus, ferry, light rail and coach. Trip Planner, travel alerts, tickets, Opal fares, concessions and timetables.

05/06/2026

⭐ JUNE COUNCIL HAPPENINGS NEWSLETTER OUT NOW!

Welcome to our JUNE edition of Council Happenings, where you'll get all the latest news from around the Shire. 😊

This week, Mayor Digby Rayward talks about:
- Roads and advocacy update
- Emergency siren testing
- Clarence Town & Gresford Bridge updates
- Congratulations Settlers Arms Hotel
- Tucker Park tree works
- Local Roads Congress
- Camp drafting event this weekend

👉Click on the play button below to watch this week's video. Or, if you would prefer to read this week's message, please click here: https://www.dungog.nsw.gov.au/News-Articles/Council-Connect-5-June-2026

👉To read this month's Council Happenings newsletter, click here: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=948d5fc37ac7454d25cfd6ba4&id=a714d6d526

🙌 Like to subscribe to our monthly newsletter and have it emailed directly to your inbox? You can subscribe here: https://nsw.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=948d5fc37ac7454d25cfd6ba4&id=2da7b5c730

Thanks for watching. Have a great long weekend, and if you're traveling, please drive carefully. Double demerits are in force until 11.59pm Monday, 8 June.

Just a reminder that double demerits are in place from midnight today until 11:59pm Monday 8 June.Please take extra care...
03/06/2026

Just a reminder that double demerits are in place from midnight today until 11:59pm Monday 8 June.

Please take extra care on the roads this long weekend 🚗😊

🚧 Double demerits start at midnight tonight and continue until 11:59pm Monday 8 June.

NSW Police Force will target speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt and motorcycle helmet offences this double demerits period 🚗

Has our beloved Kelpie gone walkabout? We're just kidding! Our much-loved Kelpie statue by Jimmie Rix is having some muc...
29/05/2026

Has our beloved Kelpie gone walkabout?

We're just kidding! Our much-loved Kelpie statue by Jimmie Rix is having some much-needed TLC to its base by our maintenance team and will be taking his place back at the Dungog Visitor Information Centre very soon!

This male Jack Russell Terrier has been found wandering around the Dungog Waste Management Facility on Short Street.He i...
29/05/2026

This male Jack Russell Terrier has been found wandering around the Dungog Waste Management Facility on Short Street.

He is microchipped, however no owner details are currently available.

If this is your dog, or you know who he belongs to, please contact Dungog Shire Council rangers as soon as possible - 4995 7777.

Please help us spread the word to get this little guy home safely. 💙🐾

⚠️ Weather & Road Conditions Update ⚠️With the current wild weather affecting the Dungog Shire, conditions are changing ...
29/05/2026

⚠️ Weather & Road Conditions Update ⚠️

With the current wild weather affecting the Dungog Shire, conditions are changing rapidly across the region. We are currently experiencing elevated water levels, road closures and hazardous conditions.

Please stay up to date through:
📱 Live Traffic NSW - https://www.livetraffic.com/
📱 Hunter NSW SES page
🌧 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) - https://www.bom.gov.au/
📍 Hazards Near Me website or app - https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app

If you need to travel, please drive with extreme care and never drive through flood waters.

If it’s flooded, forget it.

🚧Here’s a quick snapshot of where our Roads & Infrastructure crews will be working across the Shire during the week comm...
28/05/2026

🚧Here’s a quick snapshot of where our Roads & Infrastructure crews will be working across the Shire during the week commencing 1 June.

ROADWORKS:
⚠️Fishers Hill Road, Fishers Hill - Works are continuing with pavement stabilising works.
⚠️ Cory Street, Martins Creek - Road Rehabilitation - Preliminary works are commencing, with the main project scheduled to start Tuesday 8 June
⚠️Abelard Street and Mackay Street Roundabout Construction – Works are continuing, with kerb and drainage works. The intersection will be closed for the duration of the project, with detours in place until completion. Resident and property access to both Abelard Street and Mackay Street will be maintained throughout the works.
The works are expected to be completed by the end of June 2026.

BRIDGES:
🌞New Clarence Town Bridge – Construction works are continuing, with pavement approach works and associated earthworks currently underway. Traffic control remains in place, with traffic lights operating under a single-lane arrangement. Delays are expected. These arrangements will remain in place for the duration of the works.

MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES:
Sealed Roads
☑️Tar Patching - Clarence Town Road, Dungog Road, Bingleburra Road
☑️Roadside Slashing - Dungog Road, Black Rock Road, Martins Creek Road
Unsealed Roads
☑️Chichester Road

PARKS & SPORTING GROUNDS:
🍃Clarence Town Sporting Reserve - Resurfacing & Drainage - Stronger Country Communities Fund Round 5 - Sand slit drainage and cricket wicket cover installation delayed due to wet weather and ground conditions.
🏏Paterson Sportsground - Resurfacing & Drainage - Final w**d spray and mow prior to resumption of usage (weather permitting).

BUILDINGS:
🏛 Dungog SES building - Frontage facelift and facilities maintenance ongoing.

PARK MAINTENANCE:
🌿 Dungog and cemeteries

EMERGENCY CONTACT:
⚠️For all after-hours incidents relating to our local roads and bridges, please call: 0407 721 224. (Please note that this is a voice call only service and will not receive text messaging).

🟧 WATCH AND ACT: DO NOT ENTER FLOOD WATERS warning is now in place for parts of DUNGOG. Please refer to the SES advice b...
28/05/2026

🟧 WATCH AND ACT: DO NOT ENTER FLOOD WATERS warning is now in place for parts of DUNGOG.
Please refer to the SES advice below 👇

⚠ FLOODING ADVICEThe NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to MONITOR CONDITIONS for forecast heavy rainfall w...
28/05/2026

⚠ FLOODING ADVICE

The NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to MONITOR CONDITIONS for forecast heavy rainfall with flash flooding possible:
• Nowendoc
• Barrington Tops
• Yarrowitch

You should stay informed by monitoring warnings issued by NSW SES on their website and page, listening to your local ABC radio station, and checking the latest weather information from the Bureau of Meteorology online.

What are we expecting?
The Bureau of Meteorology advises a low is expected to form over northeast NSW and move offshore off the Mid North Coast tonight in response to an upper trough. Elevated moisture and enhanced flow into topography is expected to bring heavy rainfall to elevated areas of the Mid North Coast and surrounds. The low moves away from the coast during Friday afternoon.

HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is possible about elevated parts of the southern Mid North Coast, Upper Hunter, and adjacent districts from early this evening. 6-hourly rainfall totals between 40 and 70 mm are possible, with isolated falls up to 80 mm.

Rainfall is expected to ease below warning thresholds during Friday afternoon.

Severe thunderstorms are possible for northeast NSW on Thursday and Friday.
This event may change quickly.

View the full warning: https://hazardwatch.gov.au/a/Mr57l9

Download the Hazards Near Me App and set up ‘Watch Zones’ to receive warnings in real time. https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app

For emergency assistance during a flood, storm or tsunami, call the NSW SES on 132 500. In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero (000).
Post current at 4:43pm on Thursday 28th May 2026.

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