Motorists using Summerland Way will have a safer drive after the completion of two projects between Casino and Woodenbong, funded by the Albanese and Minns Governments through Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
The first project at Stoney Gulley, 9km south of Kyogle, has taken just over three months for workers from Transport for NSW to complete.
The team excavated unsuitable material and placed rock backfill to repair the slope above a 100m section of road, to stabilise the cuttings and provide a low-maintenance solution.
The Burnetts Slip project, 52km north along Summerland Way at Dairy Flat, started in May and required similar repairs along a 126m section of road.
Over the past three months the project team has excavated and installed rock backfill, while also carrying out extensive drainage repairs.
Work was carried out under single lane, alternating traffic flow arrangements which have now been removed.
Transport for NSW thanks the community and all road users for their patience while this essential flood recovery work was completed.
Quotes attributed to Federal Minister for Emergency Management Jenny McAllister:
“Summerland Way is an important route for the Northern Rivers, connecting communities from Kyogle to Casino.
“We’re helping build the road back as efficiently as possible, and to a more resilient standard.
“Work is now complete which is excellent news for everyone traveling in the region.”
Quotes attributed to Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully:
“Summerland Way is an important secondary transport route that links a number of major towns on the Northern Rivers.
“This disaster recovery effort will take pressure off the major highways and is the transport lifeline for commuters and primary producers.
“This work will make a big difference to daily lives of people on the Northern Rivers.”
Quotes attributed to NSW Regional Transport and Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison:
“Repairing the Summerland Way is great news for the 700 vehicles who use this route every day, of which about 20 per cent are heavy vehicles.
“This is an important route for locals, visitors and freight operators connecting southern Queensland with northern NSW and I’m sure all who travel along this section of road will be happy to see it’s back in business.”
Quotes attributed to NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Recovery and State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin:
“The Summerland Way, an alternate route to the Pacific Highway, is a key rural road for daily commuters, freight carriers and tourists, and these two projects will help make driving conditions safer for all.
“I congratulate Transport for NSW work gangs on making such great strides to stabilise flood-damaged slopes above both sections of road, reopening the Summerland Way to traffic in both directions.
“I have a long history with the Summerland Way, securing $50 million from then NSW Minister for Transport Carl Scully to do a substantial upgrade.”
