Please note: this article has been amended from the original print version incorrectly stating ‘the first stage was completed in February’ and ‘Central West Civil will be undertaking stage two over the next few weeks’.
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The Mid-Western Regional Council has settled on Central West Civil Pty Ltd to undertake stage three of the Wollar Road Reconstruction project.
The Wollar Road Project is a planned upgrade of the 17 kilometres of unsealed road on Wollar Road to the Bylong Valley way intersection, consisting of four stages.
The first stage of the project commenced in February of this year, and now Central West Civil will be undertaking stage three over the next few weeks.
The project is due to be completed by June 30, 2018.
The stage two tender contract will be assessed at the next Council meeting on June 21.
It was recently announced that the total cost of the Wollar Road project would be $15 million, with $14 million of that contributed through the NSW Government’s Restart NSW Resources for Regions Program, with the additional $1 million being paid by Mid-Western Regional Council.
While the council is pleased that the motions have been put in place for the second stage of the project, not everyone is happy to hear that the developments are going ahead.
Bev Smiles, who was recently arrested for a peaceful protest outside the Wilpinjong mine, believes that the development will not work on the Wollar Road.
“We are calling for a decent, up to date road condition audit done so that the council can know how much money actually needs to be spent to do it up properly,” Bev commented.
“The key problem for the few people left in Wollar is that we have lost most of our services through Wilpinjong and we have to travel that road more regularly.”
Bev raised the dangers in part due to a recent accident on the roads that, according to the Wollar advocates, highlights the hazards of the passageway.
“Having more mine traffic to the Bylong mine means we will have to deal with that traffic, and in the state that the road is in we cannot get off the road,” she said.
“Wollar residents will be under more threat for road accidents, especially through the Munghorn Gap.”
Residents can send feedback on the project via council@midwestern.nsw.gov.au or by phoning 1300 765 002.
Isaac McIntyre
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