Flood restoration works – roads
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Our local road network has suffered significant damage following the February 2022 flood. Subscribe to the Tweed Link for further information on Council's road restoration projects post-flood.
Don't remove or tamper with traffic lights or road signage – it puts people at risk and it's illegal. Read more.
The very large volumes of emails, letters and calls since the floods are impacting on recovery works. Before you contact us, please review the information on this page and read our weekly flood recovery update, which provides you with the latest news on how the Tweed is recovering and rebuilding following the floods. Read more about your part in roads flood recovery.
As our road crews and contractors undertake the enormous task of fixing our roads, we ask motorists to please:
- have patience
- slow down and drive to the conditions
- understand that some repairs are only temporary until a more permanent fix can be completed
- be aware of changed traffic conditions.
Major flood restoration works
Last updated on Monday 3 February 2025.
25 February 2025 for about 6 months
Works are due to start on Tuesday 25 February 2025 and will take about 6 months to complete, weather permitting.
Work hours for the flood restoration project along Byrrill Creek Road, between Cedar Creek Road and Kyogle Road, are Monday to Friday, from 7 am to 6 pm and some Saturdays, from 8 am to 3 pm.
There will be temporary road closures on workdays between 9 am and 3 pm. Please use alternative routes where possible.
The temporary road closures will isolate residents on Cedar Creek Road, Byrrill Creek Road and Mebbin Forest Road. Affected residents are asked to use alternative routes.
Please do not use on-street parking during work hours.
There will be limited access to some properties and driveways within the work zone during work hours. Please ask the traffic controller for help if you need access.
28 January 2025 for about 9 months
Flood restoration works.
After being damaged during the 2022 flood event, repairs have recently begun to the embankment below Church Street in Murwillumbah that will stabilise the embankment to prevent its further deterioration and protect Church Street.
The project was awarded to PCA Ground Engineering Pty Ltd at the December 2024 Council meeting.
The project involves installation of 650 12-metre long soil nails with a total length of 7,800 lineal meters that will then be covered in shotcrete. The soil nails and shotcrete will be sequentially built in 5 rows and then the area above and besides this shotcrete will be revegetated.
Due to the challenging location, near vertical slope and limited access, the project will use steep slope construction techniques that will require about 9 months to complete, weather permitting. Project work hours are Monday to Friday, from 7 am to 5 pm, with some Saturday work between 8 am and 2 pm.
To enable access for specialised construction equipment and work crews, Church Street will be closed during project work hours, except for local traffic access, and Queen Street will have traffic control measures in place.
We understand this work will cause temporary disruptions, including noise, dust and minor adjustments to bin collection services. However, the construction contractor will actively minimise any inconvenience to nearby residents and businesses.
We appreciate the community’s patience while these essential repairs are carried out to protect Church Street and ensure the long-term stability of this embankment.
The batter repair below Church Street has been awarded to PCA Ground Engineering Pty Ltd at the December 2024 Council meeting. Construction has commenced and is expected to take approximately 8–9 months to complete.
85% of designs have been developed and are being reviewed by Transport for NSW.
Work on site is expected to start early this year.
Kyogle Road at Mount Burrell is reaching completion but has been delayed due to the recent wet weather. Work to be completed includes linemarking.
Construction works on Mt Burrell Road continue and the road is closed just south of property number 323 between 9am and 3pm daily.
Kunghur Road will commence in early 2025.
The newly installed guardrail at the flood restoration site on Kyogle Road at Mt Burrell. Linemarking will be carried out when weather permits.
Design works are nearing completion. The construction tender responses for these packages have been received.
The tender outcome was presented to Council in December with Australian Marine and Civil Pty Ltd being awarded the works package.
Planned commencement is early February 2025.
Direct communications with impacted residents on the Wollumbin side of the bridge will be undertaken in the coming weeks regarding the need to close the bridge to vehicular traffic for 2-3 days in April.
Contractor RCC Civil will commence drainage works, pavement improvement and kerb and guttering on Numinbah Road near the Queensland/NSW border from Monday 17 February 2025 for about 8 weeks weather permitting.
Temporary road closures during work hours, which may cause delays of up to 10 minutes. Traffic control measures will be in place.
Design work for the restoration of a land slip on Tomewin Road has been completed by Civil Consult and is now waiting on completion of the Environmental approvals.
Council has received funding for the restoration of a land slip site on Tomewin Road and is awaiting final design approval for the work.
Council has received funding for the work which is programmed to commence in the first quarter of 2025.
The site is currently reduced to 40km/hr with a give way sign for the southbound traffic under a work site traffic management plan.
Works will commence on the three slips along Tumbulgum Road by contractor Skeen Constructions from 3 February for 8 weeks, weather permitting.
Temporary road closures during work hours, which may cause delays of up to 10 minutes. Traffic control measures will be in place for the duration of the works and residents are asked to take care through the work sites.
Contractor SEE Civil has achieved a significant milestone in the flood restoration work at the extreme slip site on Tyalgum Road.
The Tyalgum Road flood restoration has reached a major milestone with the completion of piling operations. The piling rig and heavy lift crane are being removed from the site along with other heavy equipment.
Contractors have completed the piling operations, a major milestone in the restoration of the Tyalgum Road slip site.
Tweed Shire Council, Rix piling contractors and SEE Civil crew mark the completion of piling operations on the Tyalgum Road slip site.The site, one of the most complex in the Tweed, currently involves drilling and installing 66 concrete piles on the upslope side of the site and this was achieved on the weekend.
Piling contractor RIX has completed constructing a total of 130 piles on the sites to secure the slip area having commenced the work in March, 2024. RIX completed 64 piles for the bottom row of the slip site before transferring operations to the upslope side of the site in September 2024.
Contractors are now progressing in core drilling through the concrete piles and tie-back works are due to commence this week.
In other significant works, heavy equipment is being demobilised from the site.
With the completion of piling, traffic will remain under traffic light control while work continues and a SEE Civil spokesperson said the community had been abiding by the reduced speed limit.
The expected completion date for permanent works remains mid-2025.
Motorists are asked to please keep to the 40 km/h speed limit on the temporary access roadway and to be mindful of local wildlife. Any injured wildlife reports can be phoned through to 02 6672 4789.
Other flood restoration works
Council continues to complete flood restoration works on roads damaged in the 2022 floods. A total of 3780 items were identified as ‘road damage’ across the Tweed Shire from the February and March 2022 events with more than 3200 jobs completed to date.
Additional works
Doon Doon and Midginbil roads slips – a package for the design of 11 slip sites along Commissioners Creek Road, Doon Doon Road and Midginbil Road has been awarded to WSP. TfNSW recently approved $10 million in funding for these projects. Works are expected to take place in mid 2025.
Dulguigan Road – the initial survey investigations on the major upslope slips on Dulguigan Road have been completed. Contractor WSP is currently completing the 85% design works for the sites and restoration works are currently planned to early 2025.
Kyogle Road (Terragon, Uki and Clarrie Hall Dam) – concept designs have been received from WSP for Clarrie Hall Dam Road and Kyogle Road at Terragon and are waiting for approval from TfNSW.
Bridges package south west
Consultant GHD has completed designs to 85% for Byrrill Creek Bridge, Byangum Bridge on Kyogle Road over the Tweed River, and a major scour on Deards Bridge at Doon Doon Road.
Consultant Bridge Knowledge is completing the 100% design drawings for a Causeway replacement with a bridge towards the end of Rowlands Creek Road and a causeway replacement at the end of Doon Doon Road.
A causeway replacement on McConnell’s Road has design well-advanced.
Funding has now been approved for these projects These projects will be released as one tender package in early 2025 with works to commence in March/April 2025.
Ophir Glen Road bridge – the design works for the repair to Ophir Glen Bridge are now complete and is awaiting finalisation of the environmental approval and will be programmed for repair in 2025.
All completion times are subject to weather permitting.
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This page is updated weekly.
Tweed road restoration projects – an overview
Council is working on strategies to progress the remainder of road repairs following the 2022 flood event. A total of 3780 items have been identified as road damage across Tweed Shire.
We apologise for any inconvenience and ask for your patience as we work through our roadworks program.
Our road crews and contractors will continue to restore flood damage at the following sections of local roads:
Map of current and flood recovery works
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Important information
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Don't tamper with traffic lights – it puts people at risk and it's illegal.
Thieves stealing batteries from mobile traffic control lights are placing motorists’ lives at risk around the Tweed.
Even more concerning are those wilfully destroying traffic light units by pushing them over the edge of road embankments.
The units are there to provide safe traffic passage and any action to move or disable the lights places lives in jeopardy.
The units are there to provide safe traffic passage and any action to move or disable the lights places lives in jeopardy.
Similarly road signs advising of closures are placed for a reason – to protect the safety of road users.
When Council officers have to deal with issues regarding traffic control lights or road signage being repaired, reinstalled or cleaned from graffiti, it takes them away from other duties involved in flood recovery. There is also the additional cost of repairing or replacing them.
Having to respond to matters not directly involved in road repair and restoration simply delays the process.
Please do not remove or interfere with traffic control systems or road signage - it is a serious offence and police may be notified and hefty fines could be incurred.
Don't remove road closure signs or barriers
We urge residents not to remove road closure signs or barriers – they’re there to keep our community safe.
Removing or tampering with barriers is a serious offence and could result in someone being hurt or killed. Don’t be that person.
Flood damage to our road network is extremely significant and there are still many roads closed as crews continue with the clean-up.
Council crews are working as hard as they can but this work will take months, not weeks, to complete.
Please be patient.
Your part in roads flood recovery
We understand that residents would like regular updates and specific answers to questions about flood recovery works.
We have received very large volumes of emails, letters and calls since the floods and our staff are currently working through these while also trying to maintain business as usual services.
Many of these queries can be answered by referring to this page and our weekly flood recovery update. Time spent responding to demands and answering questions takes key staff away from dealing with the problem.
This can also result in delays in responding to customer queries or delays in carrying out crucial repairs – which are both frustrating to customers and staff.
We are fully aware of the issues and inconvenience caused by such significant damage to our road network and the need to repair quickly and safely. However post-disaster many of these situations are beyond our control.
For weekly updates on how the Tweed is recovering and rebuilding, please read our weekly flood recovery update.
You can also find more information about the progress of repairs on significant landslips on this page – this includes slips at Scenic Drive, Tyalgum Road, Kyogle Road, Reserve Creek Road, Limpinwood Road and Mount Warning Road.
Thank you for your understanding.
Check road conditions at Live Traffic
We're constantly updating Live Traffic as we verify road conditions.
Please note that information is not real-time as issues with access and mobile communication remain, making reliable hazard information hard to confirm.
We restore access to isolated communities first
Following severe weather events like floods and bushfires, we prioritise life-threatening situations and worst hit areas. We target our busiest roads and any areas were people are isolated.
This means that access will not always be restored to normal road standards.
Learn more about how we build, upgrade and maintain a safe and connected local road network, including how we prioritise road maintenance projects.
Avoid unnecessary travel
We ask motorists to avoid all unnecessary travel.
If you must travel, read our fact sheet(PDF, 288KB) for some tips to help keep you safe on our roads.
Expect water, fallen trees and possible landslips on the road – on any and every road.