Capital Works Program Update - January 2025

Published on 25 February 2025

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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 January 2025 by Federation Council’s Operations Works teams. 

Table Drain Maintenance

With the Christmas New year break staff returned on January 6 and 13, a focus was on bulk earthworks on Whitehead Street Road reserve approx. 6.80kms.
Table drain maintenance on urban and rural roads with the focus on Customer Requests and problem areas.
 
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

  • Balldale – Carting Gravel for various projects listed in the grader section.
  • Davies Hill – Carting Gravel for various projects listed in the grader section.

Maintenance Crew/Sundry Crew

  • Culvert installations / repairs
  • Footpath maintenance / repairs
  • Sign replacements
  • Guild posts/ signage
  • Working with construction crews as required
  • Fulfilling customer requests
  • Table drain maintenance
  • Roadside sucker removal/spraying
  • Attend call outs for trees over roads from storm events

Heavy Trucks

  • Carting gravel for FLR Round 4 Whitehead Street rehabilitation works
  • Carting stone for patching trucks, Flocon and Jetmaster
  • Carting excess spoil Corowa Landfill for cover & capping

TfNSW–RMCC

  • Maintenance works under the RMCC agreement
  • Resealing of Segments 314,310/320 and 360 and line marking of these segments
  • Federation Way and Honour Ave roundabout kerb replacement
  • 8 kms of shoulder grading
  • Herbicide application, pothole patching, guide post replacements

Corowa Aerodrome

  • Twice weekly inspections carried out to ensure compliance with the MOS 139.
  • Repairs to lights as required. 
  • Slashing planned in late December or early January on runway shoulders and to the wind indicators.