26/05/2026
🚧 Works update – 26 May 2026 🚧
Council is pushing ahead with its works program despite the ongoing wet weather.
Work to repair the final landslip on Lions Road which occurred during the 2022 flood event is moving forward, even though the wet weather has caused some delays. Similarly, while sealing works on Lions Road are almost complete, final stabilisation works are being held up by the rain.
It’s the same story on Gradys Creek Road with overlay and stabilisation works progressing, even with delays caused by the ongoing wet.
The slip on Iron Pot Creek Road continues to be monitored daily, with some movement detected with the recent rain. Workers are back on site to keep the road open.
In other landslip repair projects:
🚜 Forest Road – works are progressing.
🚜 Horseshoe Creek Road – trees have been removed in preparation for pipe replacements.
🚜 Hillyards Road – mulching is in progress, with repairs expected to start in the next few weeks.
Council currently has three bridge projects on the go:
✅ Methvens Bridge – crews are working on the reinforced concrete deck with a concrete pour scheduled for early next week, weather permitting.
✅ Montgomerys Bridge – all pier superstructure works have been completed, with Council preparing for the first concrete abutment pour late this week, weather permitting. Once this has been completed, focus will shift to the first stage of the girder installation.
✅ Clarkes Lane Footbridge – work is underway to establish platforms for the piling rig, with piling expected to start later this week, weather permitting. This will involve drilling and pouring four 1.2m diameter concrete piles, each socketed more than five meters into the underlying basalt bedrock.
Council has completed Transport for NSW funded upgrades on the Summerland Way at The Risk, while culvert replacement works are continuing just south of the NSW/Queensland border. On the Bruxner Highway at Mallanganee, crews are undertaking a culvert replacement and minor pavement rehabilitation.
On the road maintenance front, Council crews are grading Hootons Road, Sextonville Road, and Lindsay Creek Road, while roadside slashing is planned for Bentley Road and Afterlee Road.
Another maintenance grading crew will be brought on-line to work on Collins Creek Road as soon as the weather allows.
Potholes are being patched on the Bruxner Highway and Clarence Way, while Koorelah Street, Bonalbo, is being targeted for some kerb and gutter works.
Clarence Way upgrades south of Bonalbo including bridge approaches at the Bottle Creek Road section and sealing works on the Medhurst Quarry section are now completed, with line marking on hold due to the wet weather.
Caption: The upgrade of the Summerland Way at The Risk has been completed.
