February 2026

The following activities were undertaken during February 2026 by Federation Council’s Operations Works teams. 

Sundry Gang Urana

Urana’s Sundry gang has been carrying out maintenance tasks recently completed over the month of February. The team has been performing numerous signage maintenance tasks in the northern region, specifically:

  • Corowa Road: Guide posts installed on half section of the road.
  • Fed Way North, Maxwelton, and Kilpatrick’s Road: Give Way signs installed.
    Maxwelton and Kilpatrick’s Road: Side Road (intersection) signs installed.
  • Four Corners Road: Road sweeping completed to remove excess stone.
  • Oaklands Tip: Fencing work completed after being vandalised.
  • Oaklands (Town): Table drain maintenance carried out, with approximately 30 drains cleaned.
  • Yamma Road: Emergency work performed at Yanko Bridge to repair guard rail posts and a large pothole.

Sealed Roads

Both the Flocon and Jet patching units have been a busy month to perform any necessary routine minor maintenance edge and pothole on sealed urban and rural roads focusing on customer request Spring Drive, Federation Way, Merton Road, Emu Park Road, Bullplain Road, Savernake Road, and townships.

Quarries

  • Balldale Quarry – Carting 3,000 tons for the shoulder re-sheeting on sections of Merton Road.
  • Davies Hill – Crushing has been postponed until mid-March for 28,000 tons due to contractor availability.

Maintenance Crew/Sundry Crew

Work has commenced on Stage 1 of the St Mary’s carpark between Airlie Street and Alice Street. Drainage, and kerb & channel works are now complete. The next steps involve pavement and sealing, followed by line marking. Once Stage 1 is finalized, the project will move to Stage 2 in front of St Mary’s Primary School.

Heavy Trucks

  • Carting gravel from Balldale quarry to Merton Road
  • Carting gravel for customer requests of shoulder maintenance grading Back Berrigan Road.
  • Carting stone for patching trucks Jetmaster.
  • Carting excess spoil from Nixon Street to Corowa Landfill for cover & capping.

TfNSW–RMCC

  • Maintenance works under the RMCC agreement.
  • This month council has undertaken a minor pavement repair on Honour Avenue.
  • Also, identified damaged pavement edge repair on Spring Drive near Drain Lane.

  • Every three months, Transport for NSW (TfNSW) engages the Council to carry out night time maintenance on the Mulwala Bridge. These works include cleaning and other miscellaneous tasks. The maintenance is scheduled at night to minimize the impact on traffic. During this time, pilot vehicle and traffic control measures are in place to ensure a safe working environment.

Corowa Aerodrome

Twice weekly inspections carried out to ensure compliance with the MOS 139. Weed spraying and slashing planned on runway shoulders and to the wind indicators.

Grader Teams Capital/Maintenance Works Program

Please Note: Maintenance Grading in the north is all subject to weather conditions.

Due to the extreme heat and lack of rainfall in the north, water levels have dropped significantly at the creek where we typically draw water. As a result, team leaders have planned for the two graders to work out of Morundah for the month of January.

Grader training was completed on February 23rd, 24th, and 25th. This program was designed for our four current grader operators, along with three additional staff members as part of our ongoing succession plan.

The training will focused on several key areas, including:

  • Forming, upgrading, and maintaining roads
  • Mixing and spreading materials
  • Scarifying and ripping
  • Cutting and trimming table drains
  • Trimming road sub-grades and pavements
  • Site clean-up

Maintaining gravel shoulders and table drains across the council's road network is essential for ensuring driver safety, preventing premature pavement failure, and optimising long-term infrastructure costs

Untreated shoulders create safety risks, such as edge drop-offs, and accelerate degradation by allowing water to infiltrate the road base. To address this, our team will import and spread 100mm of class 3 road base, followed by grading, watering, and compacting. Finally, staff will sweep the road to ensure a safe, flush surface.

This maintenance method is significantly more cost-effective than rehabilitating damaged bitumen seal edges and extends the asset's life. It also improves efficiency on rural roads by providing the necessary width for passing and heavy vehicle traffic.

Construction 1 & 2

  • Footpath repairs and gravel patching in urban unsealed roads.
  • Signage, drainage and culvert works, urban and rural roads.
  • Footpath / Kerb maintenance and repairs.
  • Work Requests
  • Attend Call Outs.

Land Fills

  • Howlong: Works as usual
  • Corowa: Works as usual
  • Mulwala: Works as usual

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