THERE’S been some good news for users of the much-maligned Mount Lindesay Rd near Tenterfield, with work about to start on replacing the Bookookoorara Creek bridge.
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The project was given $350,000 in federal government funding in February under round one of the Bridges Renewal Program.
Tenterfield Shire Council general manager Lotta Jackson said the council’s engineers had been investigating the geology of the bridge site, between Legume and Woodenbong, and the work needed for the installation of the piers for the new structure.
Ms Jackson and Tenterfield mayor Peter Petty met with member for New England Barnaby Joyce last week to give him a progress report on the project.
Mr Joyce said the renewal of the bridge would further contribute to improved road access for local traffic and increase efficiency on Mount Lindesay Rd, which has been described as “Australia’s worst”.
Submissions from councils to the $100 million second round of the Bridges Renewal Program closed yesterday.
Other bridges in the New England that received round one funding included Uralla Shire Council’s Abington Creek bridge ($705,000), and Glen Innes Severn Council’s Severn River bridge on Nine Mile Rd ($350,000).
