Plateau Road Incident Update

On Thursday 30 March, a contractor engaged by Council to undertake stabilisation road works on Plateau Road, Bilgola Plateau struck a gas line, resulting in a fire.

Gas supplier, Jemena, attended the site to shut off the gas supply to the affected area. Fire and Rescue (Hazmat Crews) also attended the scene, managed the incident and extinguished the fire once the gas was shut off.  Jemena is continuing to work on reinstating the gas service to houses in the street.

No one was injured in the incident and no houses were affected.

Council understands the inconvenience to residents and is working with all stakeholders to update residents and resolve the incident.

Jemena has now reinstated the gas service to houses on the street.

Plateau Road reopened to limited traffic at approximately 6pm today.  Buses, residents and pedestrians can continue to use this road.

Given the expected wet weather over the weekend, the contractor will have traffic controllers on site and maintenance crews available to address any minor issues.

As a result of the incident and damage to machinery, we are reviewing options to complete the road resurfacing works and will provide further information soon.

We are working with the contractor to recommence as soon as possible.