Road works on several key distributor roads will take place in New South Wales over the next few weeks as Wagga Wagga City Council ramps up its program of rehabilitation works.
Upgrade works have begun on Mitchell Road, Copland Street and Old Narrandera Road, with Lloyd Road to commence on 6 February, weather permitting.
Director Infrastructure Services, Warren Faulkner, said it comes as the works to renew and improve the pavement on a 2.4-kilometre stretch of Inglewood Road nears completion.
“The process has involved using foamed asphalt, which involves mixing lime and bitumen additives into the pavement with a specialised soil stabilising machine to improve the strength and durability of the existing pavement,” he said.
The new week will also mark the start of works on a section of Mitchell Road, between Inglewood and Brunskill roads.
“This project will include widening the road shoulders, stabilising the existing pavement, then overlaying it with a new 150mm thick base course and two-coat sealing of the new base work material,” Faulkner said.
“It is one of our key distributor roads on the eastern side of the city, which carries a high volume of traffic, including heavy vehicles.”
The stabilising contractors who have completed the works on Inglewood Road are now commencing rehabilitation works on a stretch of Copland Street, between Blaxland Road and Tasman Road.
The initial phase of these works will involve stabilisation of the pavement and resealing of the road, which will be followed in mid-February with building resilience into the wearing surface at the intersections with Lawson Street, Hartog Place and Say Street with an asphalt overlay.
The pavement upgrade and sealing of the five-kilometre section of unsealed road on Old Narrandera Road has also begun, with completion expected in late March to early April.
“The works will improve the vertical geometry of the road through this low section of the road for motorists and importantly will not change the path of stormwater flows,” Faulkner said.
“We’re asking road users in all of these areas to allow extra travel time, drive to the conditions, and follow the directions of traffic controllers.”
A full schedule of the works can be viewed here.
