WORKS REPORT – OCT 2021
Observations on road conditions:
Weather has improved and most roads are drying out and passable, although there are some still wet (like Gray Rd, Sproxton Rd) that should be avoided.
Major works completed :
- Gravel re-sheet of East Road (2.5km) in two sections between Challis Rd and North Needilup Rd
- Gravel re-sheet of western end of Ryan Road (2km)
- Kukerin Rd – ongoing
- Gravel patching works at floodways and culverts (numerous locations) – WORKS ONGOING
Maintenance grading completed :
WEST:
- Beagly
- Collins
- Dualling
- Harvey
- Mornaming N
- Mornaming S
- Nagel
- Ross
- Sutherland Tk
- Whyatt
CENTRAL:
- Beagly
- Big Lake
- Chinocup
- Eddie
- Harris
- Johnson
- Kuringup
- North Kuringup
- Rasmussen (west end)
- South Fence
- Stephens
- Sutherland Tk
EAST:
- Day
- Dicks
- Grant Williams
- Lake Bryde
- Lake Lockhart
- MacDougal
- Ryan
UPCOMING WORKS IN NOVEMBER
- The upgrade of the southern section Kukerin Rd to a sealed road commenced in early October and will pause in mid-November for harvest, the contractor will return in January to do the northern section and sealing works will follow in February-March.
- Gravel re-sheet on Rasmussen Rd
The Shire has a gravel road network of 1,200kms that requires constant monitoring to maintain the network. To do this in a practical manner the shire is split in to 3 zones being West , Central and East. Each zone is allocated a maintenance grader that generally grades the roads following a set rotation and circuit. The main local roads will have a summer and winter grading each year and some of the lesser used minor road will be graded once or on as needs basic.
To reduce the risk to the road users we inspect on a regular basis but we can’t be everywhere all the time, which is why we appreciate the assistance from the public to report to the shire (phone, in person or website) any road hazard they may come across in their travels. For plant efficiencies we try to stay with the circuit for our graders, so we may not be able to fix the problem straight away however, for school bus routes we will attend as soon as possible.
| Road Condition Update – 11th November 2021 | |||
| Name | Category | Status | Comments |
| Adams | 1 | Open | Minor washouts, will be fixed in January |
| Addis | 4 | Open | |
| Badger | 2 | Open | Minor washouts, need mtce grade |
| Bailey | 4 | Open | |
| Batt | 3 | Open | |
| Beagley | 2 | Open | |
| Beattie | 4 | Caution | |
| Big Lake | 4 | Open | |
| Bishop | 4 | Open | patching done but needs mtce grade |
| Bowra | 3 | Open | gravel patching done, needs mtce grade |
| Browne | 3 | Open | |
| Challis | 2 | Open | |
| Charsley | 4 | Open | |
| Cheetham | 4 | Open | |
| Chinocup | 2 | Open | |
| Collins | 3 | Open | |
| Cowcher | 3 | Open | |
| Crosby | 2 | Open | |
| Cusack | 4 | Caution | |
| Davies | 4 | Open | |
| Day | 3 | Open | |
| Deacon | 4 | Caution | |
| De La Cour | 4 | Caution | |
| Dicks | 4 | Open | |
| Ditchburn | 4 | Caution | |
| Dixon | 3 | Open | Minor washouts, needs mtce grade |
| Duncombe | 4 | Caution | Water on road in middle sections, east end ok, west end needs work |
| Dunnart | 4 | Open | |
| Dualling | 1 | Open | |
| East | 1 | Open | some blowouts west of Challis, needs Mtce grade |
| Eddies | 4 | Open | |
| Emery | 4 | Caution | |
| Farr | 2 | Open | |
| Featherstone | 4 | Open | needs mtce grade |
| Fewson | 1 | Open | Minor washouts at floodways and culverts , needs grade |
| Garlick | 4 | Open | |
| Garry | 4 | Open | |
| Gillis | 3 | Open | |
| Glen | 4 | Open | |
| Goodchild | 3 | Open | |
| Grant Williams | 2 | Open | |
| Gray | 4 | Caution | two sections of deep water, 4×4 light vehicles only |
| Guelfi | 4 | Open | |
| Hall | 2 | Open | |
| Harris | 2 | Open | |
| Harvey | 3 | Open | |
| Hassett | 3 | Open | |
| Hatwell | 2 | Open | |
| Haywood | 4 | Open | |
| Hobart | 3 | Open | |
| Holland Tank | 3 | Open | needs mtce grade between Zweks and McDougal |
| Holmes | 4 | Caution | |
| Humphries | 2 | Open | |
| Johnson | 4 | Open | |
| Kukerin | 1 | Open | major road works underway, possible delays |
| Kuringup | 1 | Open | |
| Lake Bryde | 2 | Open | |
| Lake Lockhart | 2 | Open | |
| Lee | 4 | Caution | |
| Logfrens | 4 | Open | |
| Manuel | 1 | Open | needs mtce grade |
| Martens | 2 | Open | Minor washouts, need mtce grade |
| McDonald | 4 | Caution | |
| McDougall | 2 | Open | |
| McLaren | 2 | Open | |
| Merilup | 3 | Open | |
| Mills | 2 | Open | |
| Mindarabin | 2 | Open | |
| Mortvale | 3 | Open | |
| Nagel | 3 | Open | |
| Neves | 3 | Open | |
| North Boongadoo | 4 | Open | Needs mtce grade |
| North Fence | 1 | Open | |
| North Kuringup | 1 | Open | |
| North Kwobrup | 1 | Open | needs culvert repair |
| North Mornaming | 3 | Open | |
| North Needilup | 1 | Open | |
| Nyabing South | 1 | Open | |
| Patterson | 1 | Open | |
| Peterson | 1 | Open | |
| Phillips | 4 | Open | |
| Quartermaine | 2 | Open | |
| Radunovich | 3 | Open | |
| Ramm | 4 | Caution | |
| Range | 1 | Caution | resheet works to start soon at northern end, otherwise good |
| Rasmussen | 1 | Open | major gravel patches done, re-sheet to follow |
| Reeves | 4 | Open | need mtce grade |
| Rock Dam | 2 | Open | |
| Rosenburg | 3 | Open | |
| Ross | 4 | Open | |
| Ryan | 1 | Open | |
| Shiner | 4 | Caution | |
| Skipsey | 4 | Open | two holes to be patched, currently dry and passable |
| Smith | 4 | Open | |
| Solly | 4 | Caution | |
| South Fence | 1 | Open | |
| Sheilds | 2 | Open | |
| South Boongadoo | 4 | Open | |
| South Kuringup | 1 | Open | |
| South Mornaming | 3 | Open | |
| Sproxton | 4 | Caution | wet, should be avoided |
| Stephens | 2 | Open | |
| Steele | 1 | Open | need mtce grade |
| Sutherland Track | 4 | Open | |
| Tees | 2 | Open | |
| Titicup | 3 | Open | needs work just south of Reeves |
| Thomas | 2 | Open | needs mtce grade |
| Thomson | 4 | Caution | |
| Townsend | 4 | Open | |
| Tranter | 4 | Caution | |
| Tuffley | 4 | open | |
| Wallacup | 1 | Open | |
| Warnaminup | 1 | Open | |
| Ward | 2 | Open | |
| Warren | 1 | Open | |
| Watson | 3 | Open | |
| Whyatt | 3 | Open | |
| Wilson | 3 | Open | |
| Yates | 3 | Open | |
| Zwek | 3 | Open | |