Infrastructure update - week ending 31 May 2026

Published on 01 June 2026

• Council's gravel resheeting program is continuing, with works on Westport Road currently underway.
• Rehabilitation works have been completed on Yarrie Lake Road. Linemarking on Culgoora Road was delayed due to wet weather.
• Works are nearing completion on the Harparary Road upgrade between Browns Lane and Harparary Bridge, with sealing works completed and signage works and site tidy up in progress.
• Driving of Pier 1 piles are continuing. 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. More information about the Violet Street Bridge replacement can be found on the project’s website. 
• The tender for tree removal as part of the Rangari Road upgrade is currently being advertised. 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.  

• General waste clean up at Shire transfer stations.
• Drainage works around the timber stockpile and organic waste areas.
• Maintenance works to access roads following wet weather.
• Pickup of materials from the Community Recycling Centre. 
• Works continue to progress on the construction of new cells 2 and 3 at the Narrabri Waste Management Facility.
•  Incidents of security fence damage at the Narrabri Waste Management Facility and Wee Waa Transfer Station.
• Preparations are being made for mattress cage pick up. 

Water/Sewer

• Works on the installation of a new water main along Balonne Street (from Doyle Street to Bowen Street) has been completed with restoration works now taking place.
• 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). 
• Tender documents for the PFAS treatment plant for pre-selected tenderers has been completed and expected to be issued shortly.
• Tenders for the relining of sewer main in Narrabri have been assessed and will be reported to Council at the July meeting. 
• Request for quotation to design and install overhead high voltage electricity to the Saleyards Lane bore site has been prepared.
• 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.