Road-building season begins in Orange

Residents of Paling Street and Austin Street in Orange are the first to notice the start of Orange City Council’s long-awaited road-building season.

Orange City Council’s Infrastructure Committee Chair Cr Glenn Taylor is delighted a start has been made on the council’s record $15 million road spending budget this year.

“There was an uproar from local residents as record rain in June, July and September left their mark on the city’s streets, and I’m pleased the council could respond with a record roads spend,” Cr Glenn Taylor said.

“The Council’s engineering team has been getting on with the work of preparing the larger projects to go out to tender. With the steady sunshine of recent weeks, it’s now been possible for the council’s own road crews to start the first of the street rehabilitations.”

“The residents of Paling Street have put up with a deteriorating road surface for long enough. This week the top 160 mm of the seal and underlying pavement has been pulverised so that that hardening agents can be added. Once it’s rolled in again, a bitumen-gravel seal will be added by a contractor. Weather permitting that seal is due to be completed before the weekend. “

Orange City Council has also released the locations of the next projects to begin, weather permitting, during the coming fortnight.

These include:

 Two blocks in Summer Street East from the bridge to Summer Place starting on Monday October 24 to Tuesday November 1.

 Both approaches to the intersection of Ophir Road and Winter Street, during the week from 2 November to 5 November.

Cr Taylor said the first tender for the larger road projects had gone out last week.

“The tender for the upgrade of Clergate Road went out on Tuesday and the next stage of work in Burrendong Way is the next cab off the rank.”