Patience appreciated during major infrastructure works

Published on 12 August 2021

Council wishes to thank the public for their patience during major upgrades to roads and footpaths over the past nine months.

Around $1.2 million in major road reconstruction projects have been carried out since December, along with extensive road resealing and patching programmes.

Council's $12.3 million 10-year Active Transport Plan has also commenced, with new footpaths and footpath repairs being undertaken to connect key areas of the city such as schools, health care, aged care, and retail services.

Council's General Manager, Jay Nankivell, urged locals to continue to show patience as works continue in the coming years.

"We'd like to thank everyone for their patience, we know the works have been a bit of an inconvenience for pedestrians and traffic this year," he said.

"It's a promising start, but there's a lot more work to do be done in the future, and we look forward to getting stuck into it.

"I'd also like to extend sincere thanks to all the contractors and suppliers who complete these works with Council, and to all the State and Federal Government bodies that offer financial assistance to allow us to undertake these much-needed infrastructure upgrades."

The news doesn't appear as positive for other major Council projects however, with delays expected due to the current COVID-19 outbreak.

"We'd been hoping it would all settle down and everything would run as normal, but unfortunately it looks like the situation is going to be quite difficult until at least the end of October," he said.

"The border closures make it very difficult in regards to planning, supplies, and contractors, so we probably need to have another look at how we're going to be affected long term.

"We'll undertake a bit of an audit of our current projects and the logistical problems associated with the COVID restrictions and try and gauge which projects will be affected, and to what extent they may be delayed."

• $120,000 was spent removing pot holes, ridges, and other trip hazards from carparks along Argent Street.

•  Large sections of Kanandah Road were rebuilt at a cost of almost $700,000.

• Almost $330,000 has been spent upgrading the overpass, with more works to come.