SAFETY improvements to the Gwydir Highway near Glen Innes are now underway following approval of more than $10 million in funding under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
The Regional Roads and Transport Recovery Package works will improve slope stability, making the road less vulnerable to slope failures, scour, water inundation and pavement damage on a section of the highway with a long history of landslips.
One kilometre of roadside concrete kerb drain will be installed, and other drainage improvement works carried out to redirect water safely away from unstable areas.
The site is approximately 75 kilometres from Glen Innes and 87 kilometres from Grafton.
Federal Minister for Emergency Management, Jenny McAllister, said federal and state governments support local communities in their recovery from natural disasters, and help them prepare for future events.
“Together, we’re rebuilding important community infrastructure to a more resilient standard so it can withstand increasingly frequent and intense severe weather events,” she said.
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Jenny Aitchison, said works were part of the Regional Roads and Transport Recovery Package, a program to ‘build back better’ after a natural disaster to make roads more resilient against future events.
“This betterment package means roads and other transport assets will be able to stay open longer during a disaster or open again sooner after the disaster has passed, allowing vital food, medical supplies and other essentials to be moved and hastening recovery for local communities,” she said.
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