Building Better Roads

HOT MIX: Clergate road will be rebuilt with hot mix, similar to what was done here in Byng Street.

Byng Street is now surfaced in hot mix asphalt for six blocks from the Peisley Street roundabout through to Sampson Street, March Street has been upgraded and Forest Road is undergoing heavy patching.

Orange City Council’s Infrastructure Committee chair Cr Glenn Taylor said it was great to see the work on Byng Street completed.

“Work to rehabilitate that section of road began during the last road building season and now the weather has warmed up and the rain has eased off, the council has been able to finish it,” Cr Taylor.

“One of Orange’s busiest streets now has hot mix asphalt for six blocks.

“It’s important ratepayers get value out of the budget so the council uses the more expensive materials like hot-mix on roads that are used by the most people.

“It’d be great if we could afford to hot mix every road but tough decisions have to be made and that’s why we use hot mix on high traffic areas.”

March Street, from Hill Street to Sampson Street, has been upgraded and was sealed with two coats of a gravel/bitumen seal.

However, after the upgrade at March Street was completed, a water pipe underneath the road leaked and caused damage. Crews are waiting for the water to dry up before making a decision on whether they will re-do the section completely or whether they will need to re-seal only. .

Sections in Endeavour Avenue, Hill Street and Gardiner Road were completed last month with crews working on a Saturday to finish one of the busier intersections in that area.

“I’m happy to see that work is progressing quickly and because the weather has been clearer, the maintenance crews have also been able to catch up with the potholes.

“We’re only been going for about a month but we’ve already done five of the projects on the list for work,” Cr Taylor said.

LINK ROAD: Matt Davis of KLMR working on the link road from Telopea Way to Diamond Drive.

As well as improving the quality of local roads, Orange City Council is working to improve community understanding how roads are being managed.

In this video (Clip 4 in a series of 7), Works Manager Wayne Gailey explains how the council, decides which kind of road to build in each location.

As well as improving local streets and roads, Orange City Council is aiming to boost the community's understanding of how local roads are managed.

In this clip (Clip 3 in a series of 7) members of Orange City Council's road repair crew talk about the techniques used to repair pot holes.

As well as improving the quality of local roads, Orange City Council is working to improve the community's understanding of how local roads are managed and how repairs happen.

Even when it's raining, Orange City Council's road repair crews will be out in the weather working to repair pot holes.

Why do they do it, and does it work?

In this video (Clip 2 in a series of 7) members of Orange City Council's road-repair crew tells the story i of why pot holes are repaired in the rain.

There's a common community perception that pot holes shouldn't ever happen, and that when they do it's a sign of badly-built road.

Both these views are wide of the mark, according to the crews who work on local roads every day.

This series of videos tell the story from the point of view of the crews who repair pot holes in the streets of Orange. This video (Clip 1 in a series of 7) reveals that pot holes are inevitable.