Infrastructure update - week ending 10 August 2025

Published on 12 August 2025

Parks and Open Spaces

Narrabri

• Tree maintenance
• Mowing around lake surrounds
• Mowing of Collins Park and surrounds
• Flood preparation

Wee Waa

• Cleaning of toilets
• Emptying of bins
• Mowing treatment work
• Installing banners in CBD
• Spraying of clover in fields and parks
• Mowing of Rural Fire shed area
• Mowing of open spaces
• Playground inspections

Pilliga

• Cleaning of bore baths
• Emptying of bins
• Cleaning of toilets
• Cleaning of barbecue
• Playground Inspections

Gwabegar

• Emptying of bins
• Removal of rubbish around town and park
• Playground Inspection

Boggabri

• Anzac and Vickery Park toilets cleaned daily
• Town bin collection twice a week
• Truck stops rubbish collection twice a week
• Oval clean-up and repairing of road
• Clean-up of tree branches following rain
• Santos Festival of Rugby banners installed
• Inspection of downpipes in Baan Baa Park, which need repairs
• General maintenance

Waste

• Last week was very wet across the whole state and the ground is at saturation point. At Narrabri Landfill, Sediment Dams 1 and 2 are nearing capacity. We have been busy running pumps daily to reduce the volume.
• BMR Quarries has ceased work on the concrete stockpile for the week, as the stockpile needs to dry out before it can be screened and crushed into road-base size.
• Due to the wet weather, staff have been busy keeping the entire landfill accessible to the public, including carrying out roadworks.
• Transfer stations at Boggabri, Maules Creek and Baan Baa have been tidied up. However, access in and around these stations is very wet. People are advised to exercise caution when entering these stations.

Roads

• The Infrastructure Delivery teams have worked tirelessly preparing for the floods, monitoring and managing road closures and re-openings, relocating critical assets and providing essential support to the SES.
• Our team continue to work to keep road closures up to date on our website, Live Traffic and Facebook page.
• Priority on road inspections and road closures.
• Managing Wee Waa levee.
• Aiming to recommence Harparary Road upgrade, as well as general maintenance works (particularly pothole repairs) from Wednesday, 13 August.

Water Services

• Resource and infrastructure preparation for flood inundation to ensure service levels were maintained as well as possible to affected areas. 
• Water main renewals along Deran Lane, Narrabri.
• Grantham Street water main commissioning and practical completion.
• Construction of bulk water filling station in Wee Waa.
• Sewer main junction sealing between Narrabri Creek and Namoi River.
• CCTV inspection reporting for relined sewer infrastructure.
• Hydrology investigation and bore testing in Narrabri.