Lismore City Council reveals roads slated for major reconstruction work

Plenty of money will be spent on these projects in the coming financial year. But is the road you want fixed on the list?

Lismore City Council has a long list of roads to be reconstructed in the 2021/22 financial year.

Lismore City Council has unveiled its road reconstruction program for the 2021/22 financial year.

In its new Your Roads publication, delivered to households, the council listed all of the roads slated to have major works completed in the next 12 months, not including state roads, such as the Bruxner Highway.

“Reconstruction of a road involves taking the bitumen off the top, adding gravel, mixing it with the existing gravel and then sealing the surface with bitumen,” the document states.

“This treatment strengthens the gravel foundation and smooths out the surface.”

Roads on the list include:

● Blue Knob Road, north of Lillian Rock Road

● Caniaba Road, 3km south of Fredericks Road

● Canabia Road, 1.5km west of the Bruxner Highway

● Coraki Road, from Wyrallah Ferry Road to 670m south

● Cowlong Road, from Soward Close to McKenzie Road

● Dunoon Road, 0.3km north of The Channon Road

● Gungas Road, 200m east of Tuntable Falls Road

● Johnston Road, 1km south of Bangalow Road

● Kyogle Road, intersection of Fernside Road

● New Ballina Road, from O’Flynn Street to 600m west

● Nimbin Road, various sections from 500m north of Wilson Street to 2.2km north of Bishops Creek Road

● Oliver Avenue, link road

● The Channon Road, various sections from Currie Road to The Channon

● Uralba Street, from Brewster Street to Diadem Street

● Woodlawn Road, from St Johns College to 300m south of Savins Road

● Wyrallah Road, Bridge Street to Wyrallah Ferry Road

● Wyrallah Road, various sections at East Coraki and Buckendoon.

All of the roads on this reconstruction program have received funding from either the state or federal government.

The council’s resurfacing program ‒ which differs to the reconstruction program in that it just involves patching and new bitumen seals ‒ aims to fix 40km of roads in the 2021-22 financial year.