Published on 22 January 2025
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 during December 2024 by Federation Council’s Operations Works teams.
The teams executed various initiatives, aiming to advance critical projects and address community needs.
Table Drain Maintenance
Table drain maintenance on urban and rural roads with the focus on Customer Requests and problem areas. With the recent rain early in December, a focus was on Mulwala table drain maintenance in urban areas,inspection of rural roads in and around Savernake and Coreen,along with the customer requests and problem areas.Sealed Roads
Numerous customer requests for pothole repairs on sealed urban and rural roads have been received and actioned with the Corowa based Flocon patching truck and the Urana based Jet Master patching truck. Work is continuous on all roads such as: Federation Way south/north, Jerilderie Road, Boree Creek Road, Urana/Boree/Morundah/Oakland and Rand townships and rural roadsSlashing - Sealed Roads Shoulders
Teams are actively engaged in slashing vegetation to minimize fire risks as summer approaches, aiming to enhance safety for the community.
Hopefield Road Bullecourt Road Izons Road 3 intersections on the Riverina Highway Merton Road Freyers Road Humden Road Boree Creek Road In and around Boree CreekQuarries
Balldale – Carting Gravel for various projects listed in the grader section.
Davies Hill – Carting Gravel for various projects listed in the grader section.
Maintenance Crew/Sundry Crew
Culvert installations / repairs Footpath maintenance / repairs Sign replacements Guild posts/ signage Working with construction crews as required Fulfilling customer requests Table drain maintenance Roadside sucker removal/spraying Attend call outs for trees over roads from storm eventsHeavy Trucks
Carting gravel for FLR Round 4 Whitehead Street rehabilitation works Carting gravel for shoulder maintenance works Carting stone for patching trucks, Flocon and Jetmaster Carting excess spoil Corowa Landfill for cover & cappingTfNSW–RMCC
Maintenance works under the RMCC agreement.
Corowa Aerodrome
Twice weekly inspections carried out to ensure compliance with the MOS 139. Repairs to lights as required. Herbicide spraying on runway shoulders and around wind indicators. Herbicide spraying on grass runways to control weed problems (e.g Guildford Grass).Service Awards/Recognition Event
The service awards are a critical part of council’s recognition program, it’s a time to celebrate staff at major career milestones. A moment to reflect on each person’s
accomplishments. A great opportunity to acknowledge staff for their commitment to the organisation and the community they deliver services too.