Kooringal Road upgrade

Kooringal Road upgrade is now complete | 18 Feb 2022

The Kooringal Road Upgrade project was completed in January 2022.

Kooringal Road upgrade works to resume | 23 Dec 2021

Works to complete the upgrade of Kooringal Road will resume on Monday 10 January.

The work will be carried out on an 800 metre section between Mena Street and Vincent Road from 7am to 5pm weekdays.

During the work, this section of the road will be closed to traffic. Detours and traffic control will be in place. Residents and businesses in the work zone will maintain access.

The work is expected to take two weeks to complete, weather permitting.

Kooringal Road project to resume early next year | 19 Nov 2021

The completion of Kooringal road’s rehabilitation between Lake Albert Road and Vincent road will resume early next year utilizing a new pavement design and construction methodology which will significantly reduce the time to complete the project.

We have postponed works on Kooringal Road until January/February next year.

This is due to ongoing unfavourable weather conditions for the road works and the Australian government granting an extension for the completion of all local Road and Community Infrastructure Round 1 projects to 30 June 2022 because of impact of COVID-19.

The scheduled works on Kooringal Road for this November and December have been pushed back to ensure disruption to the community is minimised.

Kooringal Road upgrade update - 2 November | 02 Nov 2021

Work has been delayed until we receive the supply of the new pavement material. The product is expected to be available mid November 2021.

We made the decision not to commence construction until the pavement material is available so as to minimise the inconvenience of having the road closed and to ensure the construction is not left open to the weather whilst waiting for material supply.

Construction is scheduled to commence on Monday 8 November 2021. Work is expected to be completed by Christmas, weather permitting and subject to availability of spray seal contractors.

Kooringal Road upgrade update - 28 October | 29 Oct 2021

Motorists are advised that Kooringal Road has reopened until further notice.

Work to upgrade the section between Mena Street and Vincent Road has stopped temporarily due to the unavailability of pavement material.

Kooringal Road upgrade update - 22 October | 29 Oct 2021

Motorists are advised there will be a change in traffic conditions along Kooringal Road from next week, as we resume work to complete rehabilitation of the road between Lake Albert Road and Vincent Road.

The Stage 3 upgrade works are scheduled to start on Monday 25 October and are expected to be completed within 9 weeks, weather permitting.

The work will be carried out on an 800-metre section between Mena Street and Vincent Road.

Kooringal Road set to re-open after rain setback | 09 Jul 2021

Upgrade works on Kooringal Road will be temporarily halted and the road re-opened as soon as practicable as forecasts of more wet weather in coming weeks place more pressure on the project.

Wagga Wagga City Council Director Operations Warren Faulkner said this week the current 350-metre section of road being rehabilitated has been held up due to recent heavy rainfall.

He said Council hoped to seal this section at the weekend (10-11 July) and would re-open the road as soon as the seal is finished and is ready to take traffic.

He stressed this would only be possible if there was no rain to postpone works yet again.

“The rain has been our biggest challenge since the project started,” Mr Faulkner said.

“We’re not going to put a pavement seal over wet gravel. That practice will simply result in the surface blistering, peeling and pot holing – so we can’t do it until the gravel dries out, and that’s been the main hold-up on this job.

“Normally we wouldn’t attempt to do roadworks in the cooler months because of the threat of rain and lower temperatures, but there were funding deadlines we had to meet by 30 June and as a consequence certain parts of this job haven’t gone exactly to plan.”

Mr Faulkner said works to finish another 800 metres of rehabilitation on the southern section of Kooringal Road would be scheduled early in the new year when it’s warmer and conditions are better.

“It will mean traffic conditions will change again when we come back on site and we recognise and appreciate the community’s patience and understanding … we will communicate those works and keep the community updated on our progress when we resume,” he said.

“We have a large rehabilitation program which also includes Lake Albert Road Stage 3 and the Pearson Street/Dobney Avenue upgrade … these roads are significant projects which will benefit the community when completed.”

A 900-metre section along the northern end of Kooringal Road near Equex is completed, along with a 500-metre section at the southern end.

The project involves upgrading a 2.55-kilometre section of Kooringal Road.

The upgrade is part of an ongoing program to rehabilitate and maintain the local road network.

The work is being carried out with two approaches:

1. Copland Street to Simkin Crescent in two stages:
   1. Copland Street to Parson Street
   2. Railway line to Wagga Wagga Christian College
2. Lake Albert Road to Vincent Road in three stages:
   1. Lake Albert Road to Zeigler Avenue
   2. Ziegler Avenue to Mena Street
   3. Mena Street to Vincent Road

The scope of works includes:

• removing existing road pavement
• replacing with deep lift asphaltic concrete for the section between Copland Street and Simkin Crescent
• replacing the road with a higher-grade granular material and applying a two-coat seal for the section between Lake Albert Road and Vincent Road.

This project is being funded by the Australian Government ($2.05 million Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program).

During the works sections of Kooringal Road will be closed to traffic.

Detours, traffic control and a reduced speed limit of 40 km/hr will be in place.

Residents and visitors to businesses will maintain access.

Please keep to speed limit and follow the direction of traffic signs.