Capital Works Program Update - June 2024

Published on 31 July 2024

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 June 2024 by Federation Council’s Operations Works teams. 

Federation Way –Block Grant –Heavy Patching

• Works completed on high priority areas in the Coreen section, approx. 6000m2.

Table Drain Maintenance

• Table drain maintenance focused on customer requests during winter.
• Please Note: Works are carried out only in zones where no impact can be made on the Sloanes Froglet (between April and October breeding season).

Maintenance Grading

• Kyffins Road
• Little Bull Plain Road
• Dunbar Road
• Lees Road
• Hills Road
• Merton Road shoulder repairs
• Wellers Gap Road
• Leahy Road
• Weule Road
• Howlong town streets
• Carrolls Lane

Sealed Roads

• Numerous customer requests for pothole repairs on sealed urban and rural roads have been received and actioned with the Corowa based Flocon patching truck and the Urana based Jet Master patching truck.
• Work is continuous on all roads such as:Federation Way south/north, Jerilderie Road, Boree Creek Road, Urana/Boree/Morundah/Oakland and Rand townships and rural roads.

Quarries

• Planning underway for the next blast and crush for Balldale and Daysdale pits to supply gravel for the upcoming works programs.

Maintenance Crew/Sundry Crew

• Culvert installations / repairs
• Footpath maintenance / repairs
• Sign replacements
• Guild posts/ signage
• Working with construction crews as required
• Fulfilling customer requests
• Operating loader in pits and stock piles
• Table drain maintenance
• Roadside sucker removal/spraying

Heavy Trucks

• Block Grant–gravel carting for heavy patching and rehabilitation
• Table drain maintenance
• Carting stone for patching trucks, Flocon and Jetmaster.
• Carting excess spoil Corowa Landfill for cover & capping

TfNSW–RMCC

Maintenance works under the RMCC agreement –vegetation control on shoulders -slashing and whipper snipping around guide posts and culverts.

Corowa Aerodrome

• Twice weekly inspections carried out to ensure compliance with the MOS 139.
• Repairs to lights as required. Herbicide spraying on runway shoulders and around wind indicators.
• Herbicide spraying on runway shoulders and around wind indicators.
• Slashing of grass runways to meet MOS 139 compliance, surrounds also slashed to suppress weeds and reduce fire risk.

Covid 19

One Outdoor Operations staff member was affected during June.