Kiama Council has fully reopened Jamberoo Mountain Road with the wrap up of repairs this afternoon.
Mayor Cameron McDonald has thanked the contractor, Ground Stabilisation Systems, as well as our own engineers and work crews for getting the repairs done on time and under budget.
"Capital works of this scale are always notoriously tricky to deliver without delays or additional costs," Cr McDonald said.
"That's a credit to everyone involved."
"I also want to thank the people who rely on Jamberoo Mountain Road, especially local residents and businesses, for your continuing patience with the disruptions of recent years."
The five-week repair program addressed the damage caused by a landslip to about 50 metres of the road just above The Abbey.
Our contractor has installed 24 soil nails to underpin the road, with a concrete capping beam, and 40m2 of shotcrete to the face of the supporting wall.
They were also able to repair two additional minor slips both above and below the main work site.
Our works crews have also been busy with maintenance and betterment works, cleaning out more than 1,000m of stormwater drains, 8km of vegetation maintenance to improve line of sight for motorists, tree trimming to remove hazardous branches, replacing damaged road signs, guard rails and guide posts.
Mayor Cameron McDonald has also thanked the Australian and NSW Governments for funding the repairs under Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, NSW Betterment Program, and the Transport for NSW Block Grant Assistance Program.
Kiama Council continues to advocate for Jamberoo Mountain Road to be reclassified from a local (council-managed) road to one managed by the NSW Government.
Changing the classification would reduce the burden on Council's financial position and Council continues to lobby for this change of management to the relevant Minister in meetings, correspondence and through our advocacy priorities.
Note: night works are still being conducted on Macquarie Pass until 18 July (8pm to 4am).
Photo: Mayor Cameron McDonald with Council's engineering and construction staff as well as the traffic controllers, giving the seal of approval to the repairs
