Works have now been completed on the $4.95 million reconstruction of Richmond Hill Road at Richmond Hill, ensuring safer and more comfortable travel for the community.
The 12-month reconstruction project involved the full road reconstruction totalling 2.85km, including upgrading stormwater infrastructure.
Lismore City Mayor Steve Krieg thanked the community for its patience as Council undertook this work on the major regional road.
"Richmond Hill Road is heavily used by the community; however, the state of the road was such that it had to be reconstructed rather than simply repaired," he said.
"This is an important win for the community and ensures this connection supports good commute times and much safer and comfortable travel."
This project, completed over seven stages, incorporated more than 21,000m2 of in-situ stabilisation, placement of over 12,000 tonnes of new pavement material and adjustments to more than 90 driveways.
Mayor Krieg also said these works have restored the structural integrity of the road pavement while improving motorists' ride and safety characteristics.
"Roads are very important for Council and for our community – we maintain 804km of sealed and 411km of unsealed roads across the LGA – and we are working hard to build, upgrade and maintain a safe and connected local road network," Mayor Krieg said.
Member for Lismore and NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Recovery Janelle Saffin said she regularly travelled along Richmond Hill Road and had watched its reconstruction take shape.
"This is another example of the NSW Government partnering with local government to improve an important connector road," Ms Saffin said.
"I was impressed by the staged approach taken by Lismore City Council infrastructure team' to what was a challenging, sloping section of the road, with efforts to minimise disruption to motorists and local residents."
The Richmond Hill Road roadworks is jointly funded by the State Government's Fixing Local Roads program ($2.8 million) and Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund ($220,500) and Lismore City Council ($1,929,500).
Picture: Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg with State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin, Lismore City Council General Manager Jon Gibbons and Brad Crispin from Transport for NSW.
