Weather permitting, Council crew will be busy in a number of locations across the city this week. Here are some highlights.
ROADWORKS: Crews are busy in Huntely Road and Aerodrome Road this week.
In short: Council crews are working at a number of locations in Orange this week.
Pothole repairs are taking a priority after recent rains.
What's next: New footpaths are being built in Anson Street and McNamarra Street.
Roads
Roadwork continues at a number of locations around Orange:
- Work continues at on the upgrade of Winter Street, from March Street to Icely Road. Contractors will be applying the primer seal on the roadway. Asphalt will follow in coming weeks.
- Work continues in Huntley Road at site of a new culvert installation over Gosling Creek near Bloomfield Road. New wingwalls and headwall construction continues. A new guardrail will be installed and pavement will be constructed for the new widened roadway over the bridge.
- Guardrail upgrading along selected sections of Huntley Road have now been completed
- Crews are making good progress on Aerodrome Road, between the airport exit gate and Forest Road. Weather permitting, this week a road seal will be applied followed by line-marking and new signs.
- Signs will be installed this week on the recently completed section of Shiralee Road.
Reseals
Crews will be working on reseals in:
- Park St
- Kileys Run
- Lucas St
- Lucknow St (Spring Hill)
Rehab works for reseal program
Milling of damaged surface and stabilising work will be happening at:
- Kara Place
- Linda Cres
- Jubilee Ave (cul-de-sac)
- Albert Street
- Hartas La
- Margaret St (Wahratta Way to Oak St)
- Phillip St (Olympic Dr to Hill St)
New seals are scheduled for next week at these locations.
Beam testing
A Council crew will be conducting beam testing in Anson Street (between Torpy and Gardiner) and in Spring Hill. Beam testing is one part of Council's assessment of road conditions, to inform the design of road pavement upgrades. A truck carrying a known weight is driven slowly over a road and specialist measuring equipment is used to determine how much the road surface moves under the weight. By interpreting the amount of vertical movement and horizontal distance over which the road is deflected, specific strength characteristics of the existing pavement and underlying base can be determined.
Footpaths
- Work has begun on a new footpath on the western side of Anson St between Roselawn Drive and the northern by-pass
- Work has begun on repairs to the existing path on the western side of sections of McNamarra between Kite and Moulder Street.
- A new median will be installed in Matthews Ave at Burrendong Way
- Work has begun on a new footpath in Woodward Street near Elephant Park
Potholes
Council crews are responding to the pothole impact of recent rain. Last week pothole patching focused on:
- Jilba St near Nunkeri Place
- Wiare Circuit near Wirruna Ave
- Anson Street near Torpy St
- Anson Sr near Ophir St
- Clinton St near Byng St
- Casey St near Lords Place
- Touroloosa Way near Maxime Place
- Margaret St near Lords Place
- Clinton St Margaret St
In these areas, more than 636 potholes were repaired.
