A new year will bring improved roads to Broke residents and visitors with two projects to repair the local network picking up speed from this week.
Civil contractor KCE has been awarded the tenders to carry out almost $2 million in upgrades to Broke Road, as well as the streets in the village which were damaged during record flooding and wet weather in 2022.
Singleton Council’s acting director infrastructure and planning services Katie Hardy said it was great to kickstart works on another couple of big-ticket items.
“After experiencing delays in accessing materials and funding, it’s terrific to know the beginning of these projects will restore our local network,” she explained.
“The much-needed repairs to road surface throughout Broke and to the main thoroughfare connecting the village to Singleton will deliver a better, safer and more comfortable link for our residents and visitors.
“These projects also build on work we have completed in 2023 to restore Broke Road.”
An $800,000 upgrade, at Mount Thorley, starts this week.
The works, funded through the NSW Government’s Resources for Regions program, include heavy patching, widening, drainage improvement and surface repairs to a 300m section.
It is the second phase of an upgrade to Broke Road completed in 2022.
Weather permitting, construction will be finished in January.
During works, traffic lights will operate on both sides of the zone located about 800m from the Putty Road intersection.
Meanwhile, works will begin on Thursday 23 November to deliver $1 million in repairs to roads around the village, including Rogers Street, Howe Street, Cochrane Street, Nelson Street, Archer Street, Milbrodale Road near the Herbert Street Bridge and Wollombi Road.
Each street will remain open during the period but will have traffic control in place.
On this occasion, they’re expected to be completed in February.
The repairs are part of a wider program of works worth almost $6 million that is restoring the local road network in the Broke, Bulga, Milbrodale and Paynes Crossing villages.
Council, led by Singleton mayor Sue Moore, is proactively advocating to state and federal governments for improvements to emergency management and recovery processes.
For further details, view council’s Advocacy Agenda at singleton.nsw.gov.au/advocacy
For more news stories:
- HVO improves proposal to continue mining in region
- Dogs no longer welcome at Redhead Beach
- New solar farm and battery storage Muswellbrook bound
Get all the latest Newcastle news, sport, real estate, entertainment, lifestyle and more delivered straight to your inbox with the Newcastle Weekly Daily Newsletter. Sign up here.
