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year period to a three year period.”

There are 150 bridges in Council’s

territory, half of which are made of

timber. There is also an extensive

network of sealed and gravel roads

which need to be regularly maintained

and upgraded. A number of innovative

stepshavebeentakentoensurethatthis

infrastructure is in the best of condition.

An important project carried out by

Council has been the Seal Rocks

Road reconstruction. A 2.4 km section

of the road has been upgraded and

significant improvements have been

made in the road width, alignment,

and surfacing. The work done has

greatly improved what used to be a

narrow gravel road on poor alignment

and significantly reduced Council’s

maintenance costs on this road.

Another road project that has yielded

great benefits to the community has been

the reconstruction work undertaken on

Macwood Road at Smiths Lake. This is

an 800 metre stretch between The Lakes

Way and Matthew Road and is the only

access road to the village of Smiths Lake.

The work entailed widening of the road,

improvements to drainage and footpaths

and reconstruction of the road pavement.

In addition to these roadworks Council

has undertaken reconstruction work

on Berkeley Street between Lamans

Creek and Broadway Street at Stroud.

Storm water drainage, kerb and gutter

and footpath have been installed

at selected locations and the road

pavement has been reconstructed.

This road is the main access to

the town of Stroud and has greatly

enhanced the appearance of Stroud.

Over the last 10 years Council

has replaced about 40 timber

bridges with concrete. As part of its

bridge replacement plan, Council is

currently in the process of replacing

two bridges on Manning Hill Road,

two bridges on Monkerai Road