Infrastructure update - week ending 12 October 2025

Published on 14 October 2025

Parks and Open Spaces

Narrabri

• Completed aerating of Narrabri sporting fields.
• Assisted with replacement of artificial turf on Cooma Oval wickets.
• Mowing/snipping of Pirate Park.
• Mowing of sporting fields.
• Irrigation repairs at Cooma Oval.
• Removal of silt from Cameron Park boat ramp.
• Cleared build-up of silt along shared pathway at Narrabri Creek.

West teams

• Mowing/snipping at lawn cemetery.
• Slashing and mowing of open space areas.
• Irrigation repairs at the lawn cemetery
• Mowing, snipping and spraying at water treatment plants

Town team areas

• Mowing and spraying at the old cemetery.
• Open spaces mowing.
• Gardening along Maitland Street and Tibbeerena Street and checking of watering systems.
• Mowing/snipping and weed spraying.
• Mowing/snipping along Tibbereena Street.

Wee Waa

• Mowing of all parks.
• Cleaning of CBD.
• Cleaning of toilets.
• Mowing at Wee Waa Pool
• Emptying of bins.
• Spraying at ovals.
• Mowing at treatment works and at levee bank.

Pilliga

• Cleaning of toilets.
• Emptying of bins.
• Mowing of the cemetery grounds.

Pilliga Bore and Gwabegar

• Cleaning of bore baths and toilets.
• Emptying of bins

Boggabri

• Toilets cleaned toilets daily.
• Town bins and truck stop bins emptied twice weekly.
• Mowing at Baan Baa township.
• Mowing at truck stops.
• Mowing at town sign.
• Mowing/snipping at the cemetery grounds.
• General irrigation maintenance.

Narrabri Airport

• Jet A-1 refuelling.
• Training of staff member.
• Mowing of Airside.
• Link Air and Fly Pelican operations on Monday of the long weekend.

Waste

Transfer stations tidy up

Staff have been heading to all transfer stations for general tidy ups, after getting the truck back following its breakdown last week.

We continue to see the increase in contamination of recyclables due to general waste being emptied into these bins as well as other stockpiles contaminated with general waste.

Thank you to all staff for their continued work in keeping all transfer stations and the Narrabri Waste Facility presentable to our Shire residents.

Roads

• The Harparary Road upgrade is continuing.
• The Gravel Resheeting Program is ongoing with works on:
  • Forest Way Road
  • Cains Crossing Road
  • Gwabegar Road
  • Mellburra Road

• Flood damage - heavy patching is continuing on:
  • Maules Creek Road
  • Wave Hill Road
  • Harparary Road
  • Upper Maules Creek Road
  • Old Gunnedah Road
  • Gravel resheeting at Cains Crossing

• Maintenance grading took place on:
  • Binalong Road
  • Mellburra Road
  • Byalla Lane
  • Middle Route Road
  • Gardens Road
  • River Road
  • Boston Street
  • Towri Road
• Please see the roads maintenance update for this week (13 October).

Water/Sewer 

• Mitchell Street, Wee Waa water main renewal is continuing.
• Bore investigation project at Logans Lane and Saleyards test bores.
• Bulk Water Filling Station installation in Wee Waa.
• Pump replacement and augmentation of wiring infrastructure at Namoi Reservoir.
• Elizabeth Street bore pump augmentation.
• Compliance monitoring for Level 4 Water Restrictions
• Narrabri Sewer pump station infiltration study implementation.
• Sewer main access cover replacement along Narrabri Creek, Narrabri.