Infrastructure update - week ending 14 June 2026

Published on 17 June 2026

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Roads

Violet Street Bridge replacement project

Piling works are continuing on foundations for the new Violet Street bridge, with driving of Pier 1 piles underway.

This will be followed by Abutment A piling works.

Abutment B, Pier 3 and Pier 2 piles are in place. Construction of Abutment B is also in progress.

Rangari Road sealing

The tender for tree removal as part of the Rangari Road upgrade has closed. The tender for the project's Bayley Park Creek Causeway construction and associated works is open until 11.00am Tuesday, 14 July 2026. 

The project’s funding deed has also been finalised and signed, with works to get underway in August.
 
The project, which is being funded through the NSW Government’s Rural and Regional Roads Fund, will see the remaining 10 kilometres of unsealed road sealed for the first time. 
 
Roads Maintenance Schedule - week commencing 15 June 2026

Grading

  • Millie Road
  • Old Narrabri Road 
  • Caloola Road 
  • Culgoora Road
  • Stumpy Lane
  • Mayfield Road
  • Westport Road
  • Danger lane
  • Appletree Lane
  • Glencoe Road
  • Tharlane Road
  • Cypress Way
Jet patching
  • Millie Road
  • Kaputar Road
  • Pilliga Road
  • Rangari Road
Hand patching
  • Yarrie Lake Road 
  • Turrawan Road
  • Bundock Creek Lane
  • Pilliga Road (Wee Waa)
  • Kamilaroi Highway (Wee Waa – Burren)

Waste

  • General waste clean-up at Shire transfer stations, including Boggabri and Wee Waa.
  • Works continue to progress on the construction of new cells 2 and 3 at the Narrabri Waste Management Facility.
  • Pickup of mattresses from Narrabri Waste Management Facility.
  • Recycling pick up at transfer stations and Narrabri Waste Management Facility.

Airport

  • 3,090 litres of Jet A-1 fuel sold.
  • Mowing of areas around the airport.

Parks and Open Spaces

Narrabri

  • Installation of play equipment has commenced on the Narrabri Tourism and Cultural Hub.
  • Concrete blocks placed behind ovals 2 and 3.
  • Mowing of lake surrounds.
  • Mowing of sporting fields.
  • Field maintenance (sowing of rye grass).
  • Mowing/snipping of oval surrounds.
  • Building maintenance.

Boggabri

  • Vegetation control at cemeteries.
  • Open space mowing.
  • Works on playing surface of Jubilee Oval practice field.

Wee Waa

  • Cleaning of CBD.
  • Cleaning of public toilets.
  • Preparations for school athletic carnivals.
  • Mowing of cemetery.
  • Mowing of all parks.
  • Rubbish removal.

Pilliga

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

Gwabegar

  • Emptying of bins.

Water/Sewer

  • The latest PFAS testing results of the Namoi Reservoir have shown levels as below current guidelines. This means the Narrabri Town Water Supply continues to be safe for consumption. Read the full testing results.
  • Works on the installation of a new water main along Balonne Street (from Doyle Street to Bowen Street) has been completed.
  • Interflow Pty Ltd is continuing to carry out essential maintenance to sewer mains in Narrabri North until 9 July. Works include CCTV inspections and high-pressure water jetting. 
  • The license application for conversion of the bore to a water supply production bore is under assessment with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). An assessment is anticipated in the next couple of weeks.
  • Tender documents for the PFAS treatment plant are being reviewed, looking at the proposal to treat Killarny Bore.
  • Tenders for the relining of sewer main in Narrabri have been assessed and will be reported to Council at the 17 June Ordinary Council Meeting. 
  • Request for quotation to design and install overhead high voltage electricity to the Saleyards Lane bore site has closed and a contractor has been selected.
  • Daily monitoring of bore operations and reservoir levels to ensure the water supply is sustainable and secure.
  • Routine treated water testing at the Namoi Street reservoirs, with all results indicating the Narrabri drinking water supply meets the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
  • Daily monitoring of the reservoir levels, which show that water supply is stable.
  • Water meter replacements are continuing in Narrabri and Wee Waa.
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