Council will commence the final stage of road construction on Mulligans Flat Road, Sutton, as well as the demolition and construction of a new concrete bridge on Monday, March 25.
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The road will be temporarily closed to traffic, with works to conclude before the end of June 2019.
The temporary road closure of Mulligans Flat Road will detour traffic onto Sutton Road and East Tallagandra Lane, adding approximately 6km to the trip.
Council has investigated options to keep the road open during the construction works, however, with a heavily reduced speed limit and traffic control in place it is anticipated that delays will be longer than the short detour via East Tallagandra Lane.
Local access will be provided to property owners that front Mulligans Flat Road, between Sutton Road and East Tallagandra Lane, as well as access for all emergency vehicles.
“We understand that this temporary road closure will cause an inconvenience to local residents and road users and we do apologise for this and ask for everyone’s patience during the project,” said Yass Valley Council's director of engineering, Stan Robb.
“By closing the road to through traffic it will fast track how quickly the project can be completed and our contractor understands the importance of having this road re-opened to traffic as soon as possible.”
Council was successful in obtaining $940,000 under round three of the NSW Government’s Fixing Country Roads program, with council allocating a further $360,000 in the 2018/2019 budget.
In 2015/2016, council sealed 1.35km of Mulligans Flat Road ($470,000) and in 2016/2017, a further 1.76km ($816,000).
Further information and project updates can be found online at www.yassvalley.nsw.gov.au/our-council/major-projects/mulligans-flat-road/.
