BY the time you read this, the $1,700,000 upgrade of Tanilba Rd, Mallabula could very well be all done and dusted and the thoroughfare back in use.

Originally scheduled for completion in November 2022, bad weather and supply issues have seen the project extended to April 2023.

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With ‘the big wet’ occupying council’s road gangs in repairing pot-holes and wash-outs, the job was put out to tender.

It is now more or less complete despite road base gravel being in short supply.

The job is now back on track after the long awaited gravel arrived, was put in place and compacted.

All that is left now is for the hot mix bitumen crews to seal the surface.

Modern standards insist on extensive surveys before any digging can take place, and a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was completed at Mallabula where a section of the road skirted native bushland.

Preliminary work has already ensured that the major $3,000,000 rebuild of Avenue of the Allies, Tanilba Bay will be ‘shovel ready’ before June this year.

In anticipation of the upgrade, Council now has the foreshore linked to the CBD with a wide concrete pathway along the eastern side of the road.

The residents of the Avenue of the Allies have always had as much as fifteen metres of ‘free’ land, as this is the width of a grassed strip between their front boundaries and the road.

Land was so cheap in the 1930s that the developer left a very wide easement.

On top of this, the sandy base at Tanilba Bay means very easy digging for the extensive drainage work required for the makeover.

Cr Steve Tucker said that affected residents had been notified by letterbox drop of all aspects of the road construction and were free to contact Council with any queries they may have.

By Geoff WALKER