Council News Issue No: 102
WAGGA WAGGA CITY COUNCIL
FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 9 JULY 2016
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OLD TREE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IN MORROW STREET Excavation and investigations were carried out by Council staff on Thursday on a section of Morrow Street where a sinkhole had formed. The investigation uncovered remnants from an old tree, which was believed to be the cause of the void. “After excavating the site staff observed a large tree root
system and organic matter which we think has been left from a tree that once stood on the site,” Supervisor Wearing Operations Lee Shoemark said. “Over time the roots and remnants of the tree has rotted away, which has led to the subsidence in the road.” The excavation site, between Ivan Jack Drive and Peter Street,
measured about 10m x 6m and was about half-a-metre deep. The site was closed to motorists for most of the day. A temporary gravel base will remain on the site until after the weekend when an asphalt surface can be reinstated, weather permitting.
Roads project to unlock Bomen A multimillion-dollar project to overhaul heavy vehicle access to Bomen Business Park is set to take a major step forward. The Bomen Enabling Roads project will vastly improve road safety in the area, create a potential round trip saving of 36 minutes for Higher Mass Limits (HML) vehicles and better link the industrial precinct with the Olympic and Sturt highways. Following a positive workshop this week to
review tenders, a report will be put forward to the 11 July Supplementary Council Meeting recommending Council enter into direct negotiations with the preferred tenderer. The works will include closing the Dampier Street level crossing and building an underpass, as well as constructing link roads. The reconstruction of the Eunony Bridge was not part of this tender, but is fully funded and scheduled for replacement. “This is the biggest single project my fellow Councillors and I have seen during our elected term,” Mayor of the City of Wagga
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Wagga Councillor Rod Kendall said. “The total Bomen Enabling Roads project is worth in the vicinity of $40M and we expect it will become a transformative piece of infrastructure that has a significant and long-lasting benefit for current and future businesses and our community. “Not only will it address significant safety concerns such as the Dampier Street level crossing, it will open up 1800 hectares of industrial zoned land at Bomen Business Park. “It will create opportunities for new businesses to come to Wagga and for
existing businesses to grow, such as the Livestock Marketing Centre.” Along with providing substantial standalone benefits, the Bomen Enabling Roads project serves as stage one of the proposed Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics (RiFL) Hub program. Stage one is already well under way, with the completion of the Eunony Bridge Road Deviation Project, land acquisitions nearly finalised, the creation of a detailed project management plan and the construction tenders consistent with budgets. Continued inside
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