WORKS REPORT – SEPT 2021
Observations on road conditions:
Weather has improved and most roads are drying out, although there are some still wet (like Whyatt Road). The road construction team has worked weekends and public holidays to lay gravel on flood affected gravel roads in the Shire, initial priority started on nominated bus routes, then category one roads, and will now move to lesser category two roads, three roads and four roads to prepare them for harvest over the next few weeks.
Major works completed:
Gravel re-sheet of northern end of North Needilup Road (5km)
Gravel patching works at floodways and culverts (numerous locations) – WORKS ONGOING
Maintenance grading completed :
WEST:
Beagly
Charsley
Cheetham
Crosby
Goodchild
Hobart
Kukerin
Kuringup
Maclaren
Merilup
North Kwobrup
Peterson
Wallacup
Warnaminup
CENTRAL:
Cowcher
Mills
North Kuringup
Shields
South Kuringup
South Fence
Stephens
EAST:
Challis
East
Farr
Grant Williams
Hatwell
Holland Tank
Lake Bryde
Neeves
North Needilup
Range
Rock Dam
Ryan
UPCOMING WORKS IN OCTOBER
The upgrade of Kukerin Rd to a sealed road commenced in early October, the works consist of a 10.4km gravel re-sheet starting just north of the current bitumen just north of Crosby Rd until the Shire Boundary on Adams Rd and some of Peterson Rd at the intersection. The works have been split into two packages, the southern package being done now, with the northern package to follow in early 2022. The works are being done by MCC Civil Contractors.
Gravel re-sheets on East Rd and Ryan Rd will be done in October.
The Shire has a gravel road network of 1,200kms that requires constant monitoring to maintain the network. To do this in a practical manner the shire is split in to 3 zones being West , Central and East. Each zone is allocated a maintenance grader that generally grades the roads following a set rotation and circuit. The main local roads will have a summer and winter grading each year and some of the lesser used minor road will be graded once or on as needs basic.
To reduce the risk to the road users we inspect on a regular basis but we can’t be everywhere all the time, which is why we appreciate the assistance from the public to report to the shire (phone, in person or website) any road hazard they may come across in their travels. For plant efficiencies we try to stay with the circuit for our graders, so we may not be able to fix the problem straight away however, for school bus routes we will attend as soon as possible.
Road Condition Update – 13th October 2021
Name Category Status Comments
Adams 1 Open Minor washouts, need mtce grade
Addis 4 Open
Badger 2 Open Minor washouts, need mtce grade
Bailey 4 Open
Batt 3 Open
Beagley 2 Open
Beattie 4 Caution
Big Lake 4 Caution
Bishop 4 Caution Minor washouts, need mtce grade
Bowra 3 Open Minor washouts and blowout, needs patching and mtce grade
Browne 3 Open
Challis 2 Open
Charsley 4 Open
Cheetham 4 Open
Chinocup 2 Open needs mtce grade
Collins 3 Open
Cowcher 3 Open generally good, but major hole at Bowra Rd Intersection needs patching
Crosby 2 Open
Cusack 4 Caution
Davies 4 Open
Day 3 Open
Deacon 4 Caution
De La Cour 4 Caution
Dicks 4 Caution Minor washouts, need mtce grade
Ditchburn 4 Caution
Dixon 3 Open Minor washouts, needs mtce grade
Duncombe 4 Caution Water on road in middle sections, east end ok, west end needs work
Dunnart 4 Caution
Dualling 1 Open
East 1 Open resheet in progress, some blowouts west of Challis
Eddies 4 Caution Minor washouts, need mtce grade
Emery 4 Caution
Farr 2 Open
Featherstone 4 Open needs mtce grade
Fewson 1 Open Minor washouts at floodways and culverts , needs grade
Garlick 4 Open
Garry 4 caution
Gillis 3 Open
Glen 4 Caution
Goodchild 3 Open
Grant Williams 2 Open
Gray 4 Caution
Guelfi 4 Open
Hall 2 Open
Harris 2 Open
Harvey 3 Caution
Hassett 3 Open needs mtce grade
Hatwell 2 Open
Haywood 4 Caution
Hobart 3 Open
Holland Tank 3 Open Some blowouts near Newdegate Road & patch needed at culvert just west of gravel pit
Holmes 4 Caution
Humphries 2 Open
Johnson 4 Open
Kukerin 1 Open major road works underway, possible delays
Kuringup 1 Open
Lake Bryde 2 Open
Lake Lockhart 2 Open
Lee 4 Caution
Logfrens 4 Caution needs mtce grade and gravel patching
Manuel 1 Open needs mtce grade
Martens 2 Open Minor washouts, need mtce grade
McDonald 4 Caution
McDougall 2 Open
McLaren 2 Open
Merilup 3 Open
Mills 2 Open
Mindarabin 2 Open mtce grade needed
Mortvale 3 Caution
Nagel 3 Open
Neves 3 Open
North Boongadoo 4 Open
North Fence 1 Open
North Kuringup 1 Open
North Kwobrup 1 Open needs culvert repair
North Mornaming 3 Open
North Needilup 1 Open
Nyabing South 1 Open
Patterson 1 Open
Peterson 1 Open
Phillips 4 Open
Quartermaine 2 Open
Radunovich 3 Open
Ramm 4 Caution
Range 1 Caution resheet works to start soon at northern end, otherwise good
Rasmussen 1 Open Water on road, large hole between Gray Road and Chinocup Road – to be avoided
Reeves 4 Open need mtce grade
Rock Dam 2 Open
Rosenburg 3 Open
Ross 4 Caution
Ryan 1 Open hole at east end to be repaired, re-sheet starting soon
Shiner 4 Caution
Skipsey 4 Caution still wet
Smith 4 Open
Solly 4 Caution
South Fence 1 Open
Sheilds 2 Open
South Boongadoo 4 Open
South Kuringup 1 Open
South Mornaming 3 Open
Sproxton 4 Caution wet, should be avoided
Stephens 2 Open
Steele 1 Open
Sutherland Track 4 Caution some holes, needs mtce grade
Tees 2 Open needs mtce grade and gravel patching
Titicup 3 Open needs work just south of Reeves
Thomas 2 Open needs mtce grade
Thomson 4 Caution
Townsend 4 Caution hole at western end needs patching
Tranter 4 Caution
Tuffley 4 open
Wallacup 1 Open
Warnaminup 1 Open
Ward 2 Open
Warren 1 Open
Watson 3 Open
Whyatt 3 Caution Water on road in several areas, minor washouts, use should be avoided. Several patches done so far, more required. Mtce grade required
Wilson 3 Open
Yates 3 Caution several washouts, should be avoided
Zwek 3 Open