Wingecarribee Shire Council is set to begin rehabilitation works on Wombeyan Caves Road thanks to $5.6 million in joint funding from the Federal Government’s Disaster Recovery Funding Agreement (DRFA) and the NSW Government’s Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Package (BLER). The rehabilitation works will involve repair of several sites along the road, which was significantly impacted...
Wombeyan Caves Road, between Goodman’s Ford and Wombeyan Caves, will remain off limits as Council staff begin the task of assessing and repairing damage sustained to the road after bush fire attack and heavy rain. Located in the Shire’s west, Wombeyan Caves Road west of Greenhills Road has been closed for intermittent periods since the...
In an effort to improve reporting details for Emergency Services, Wingecarribee Shire Council is rolling out a series of new locality signs which define the borders of localities across the Shire. The new signs also recognise local Indigenous history by including the name of the Aboriginal Country which has been used by Aboriginal people for...
Following months of closure Wingecarribee Shire Council has this week re-opened Wombeyan Caves Road. The popular tourist road located in the Shire’s west was closed after heavy rainfall in January caused extensive landslip damage. Council contractor’s repaired the damaged section of road approximately 11 kilometres west of the Goodman’s Ford crossing at a cost of...
A local company has been awarded a contract to repair the collapsed section of Wombeyan Caves Road by Wingecarribee Shire Council. The land slip occurred east of Langs Road, approximately 11kms west of Goodman’s Ford, following heavy rainfall in January 2015. Work will involve the construction of a large rock retaining batter, installation of a...
