Capital Works Program Update - October 2022

Published on 01 December 2022

Council has an ongoing program of capital works and upgrades to buildings, parks, playgrounds, and roads across the Federation Council Region. The following activities were undertaken in October 2022 by Federation Council’s Works teams.

• Morundah Flood Mitigation: Construction crews install culvert pipes to divert flood water around township. 

• John-Street Drainage: The next stage of the project is the street reconstruction, which consists of further subgrade and pavement works. This is a major part of the project and requires fine weather to undertake the works. Occasionally, some of the work is required to be rescheduled due to unforeseen inclement weather. Due to the current and future forecasted weather conditions, Council has postponed the next stage of the works. The final stage of the project is bitumen sealing which is scheduled to occur shortly after completion of the street reconstruction works. Notices have been letter dropped to residents of the postponement.

• Corowa – Mulwala Cycleway: On hold due to wet weather. Works to recommence in November on Cotton and River Street involving 20 lm of subgrade works for kerb and channel and storm water drainage works (weather permitting). 

• Maintenance Grading Program: Lumeah Road, Annandale Road, Shiloh Road, Fontainebleau Road, Glenlea Road, Williams Road, Tom Roberts Road (where possible). No tabledrain work done as drains are too wet for plant to work in. 

• Gravel Resheeting Program Commenced: Waverley Road in progress, on hold due to water laying on road sections to be resheeted.

• Table drain Maintenance: Table drain Maintenance carried out in response to Customer Requests in urban and rural drains, only in zones where no impact can be made on the Sloanes Froglet (between April and October breeding season). 

• Sealed Roads: Pothole repairs on sealed urban and rural roads with the Corowa based Flocon patching truck and the Urana based Jetmaster patching truck. 

• Customer Requests: Numerous Customer Requests responded to for drainage, potholes, signs and footpaths, however some were unable to be acted on due to lack of staff numbers or wet weather.

• Future Works Flood response/repairs: flood damage road patching, footpath maintenance/repairs, Table Drain maintenance and Various Customer Requests.

Heavy Trucks: Flood response, cart and spread gravel for Gravel Re-sheeting Program. Cart excess spoil to Corowa & Howlong Landfills for cover & capping. Carting of aggregate for patching trucks.