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November 9, 2023
The Northern Rivers Times
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Long awaited breakthrough for Tyalgum community with access to flood-damaged road restored
Tyalgum’s temporary access road has finally opened saving residents a long drive.
By Sarah Waters Tyalgum residents can now save a lot of time getting to and from home following the long-awaited opening of Tyalgum Road. A temporary access road, through the landslip site near Tyalgum Village, was opened on Monday, October 30. Tyalgum resident Bruna Sutherland said it was an exciting development. “It’s a huge change
The major landslide that took out a section of Tyalgum Road during the 2022 floods.
leaving residents of the hinterland village no choice but to travel the
Tyalgum resident Bruna Sutherland is pleased she no longer has to drive an alternative route via Chillingham to get back to her hinterland home.
… it’ll save me at least half an hour of time on the weekends,” Ms Sutherland said. “It’s a better road too, it’s not that winding, so I’m very happy that it’s open again,” Ms Sutherland said. An extreme landslide (100 meters in height) which occurred during the February-March 2022 flood took out a section of Tyalgum Road. The severely damaged section of road was instantly closed to traffic,
longer alternative route via Chillingham. In March this year, a local contractor was appointed to undertake the road’s major restoration. The stabilisation and construction of the single-lane temporary access road was the first stage of fixing the flood-damaged road. Tweed Shire Mayor Chris Cherry said it was a big relief for everyone to finally see it open again. “The repair of the
extreme landslip just outside of Tyalgum is the biggest and most complex of all of our restoration jobs in the Tweed following last year’s devastating flood,” Ms Cherry said. “But thankfully, we will see cars, motorbikes and bicycles travel through this important community connector road once again. “It has been a difficult and complicated process for the project team and contractor SEE Civil to get to this point, but it has been even more difficult for residents who have been impacted by this road closure and we thank them for their patience,” she said. Council’s Manager Infrastructure Delivery Tim Mackney said while the slip was currently stable, heavy rainfall had the potential to create movement. In the event of detected ground movement or heavy rainfall in the coming months the new access road may have to be closed while the permanent work to fix
the slip continue. Council will advise the community any changes or the need to temporarily close the access road should a concern arise. The contractor remains on-site at Tyalgum Road, continuing work on the reconstruction of the permanent road which is due to open by March 2025.
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