September 2025

Council has an ongoing program of capital works and upgrades to buildings, parks, playgrounds and roads across the Federation Council Region. The following activities were undertaken during September 2025 by Federation Council’s Operations Works teams. 

Table Drain Maintenance 

Works have concentrated in the urban areas generally. A large drain was cleaned in John Street to enable improved water flow.

Clearing table drains on rural roads and customer requests as received.

Sealed Roads

Numerous customer requests for pothole repairs on sealed urban and rural roads have been received with many actioned with the Corowa based Flo-Con patching truck and the Urana based Jet Master patching truck.

Slashing – Sealed Roads Shoulders

Slashing is being carried out on Federation Way North.

Savernake Road -Shoulder Re-Sheeting

Work involved cutting out the existing shoulders, and reusing and compacting the existing insitu material improving drainage where possible.The aim of the works is to enhance road safety, accessibility, and the long-term sustainability of the road network.

Quarries

  • Carting gravel from the Screen Pit at Urana to resheet Doctors Road.
  • Balldale – Drill /Blast and Crushing preparation of 30,000 tons of 20mm material ready for the resheeting projects.
  • Davies Hill – Drill /Blast and Crushing preparation of 20,000 tons of 20mm.
  • Carting Gravel for various projects for the Grader Team for maintenance grading.

Maintenance Crew/Sundry Crew

  • Culvert cleaning/Repairs.
  • Footpath maintenance/repairs.
  • Sign replacements/repairs.
  • Various guide post replacements with over 300 placed in the Northern area alone.
  • Installed 50 new floodway signs in the North in various locations.
  • Working with construction crews when required.
  • Attending to customer requests.

Sapling Removal Program from Rural Drains 

This programwill recommence as the weather improves.

Heavy Trucks

  • Carting gravel to Doctors Road re-sheeting project.
  • Carting gravelto Bolinda Glen Road.

  • Carting gravel to sections of Enfield Street and Neill Street.

  • Carting gravel for customer requests Rosewood Park Road, Hills Road and Leigh Street.

  • Carting excess spoil from Nixon Street to Corowa Landfill for capping cover.

  • Carting gravel for customer requests.

  • Carting stone for patching trucks, Flocon and Jetmaster.

TfNSW – RMCC 

Maintenance works have been completed in Q1 and Q2 under the RMCC agreement.

Works planned leading into next month include, signage, guidepost installations and general guard rail maintenance on Tommy McRea Causeway.

Corowa Aerodrome 

Twice weekly inspections undertaken that ensure compliance with the MOS 139.

Council has received its Surveillance Report from CASA. A total of 6 Safety Observations were identified in the report. Of more concern, a total of 12 Safety Findings were also identified in the report.

The Safety Findings must be rectified in a particular time-frame. Staff are currently digesting the full content of the report, and will need to gather quotations to rectify the ‘safety findings’ identified. At this stage the actual cost is unknown.

Safety Observations are exactly that, and do not require immediate action to rectify. These will be addressed as funding and resources allow.

Construction 1 & 2

  • Drainage culverts installed at Jamieson’s Road.
  • General table drain maintenance.
  • Primary school carpark landscape works near footpath.
  • Stormwater minor repairs, urban and rural roads.
  • Footpath repairs and gravel patching in urban unsealed roads.
  • Signage, drainage and culvert works, urban and rural roads.
  • Footpath / Kerb maintenance and repairs.
  • Attend Call Outs.

Landfills

  • Howlong: Ongoing investigation for potential construction of another waste cell.
  • Corowa: Business as usual.
  • Mulwala: Business as usual.

Download the full report for Outdoor Works below.

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