FOOTBRIDGES ON THE SCHEDULE FOR MAY

Work will begin shortly on repairs and maintenance to several footbridges in the Byron Shire.

First on the agenda are repairs to the Belongil Creek Bridge walkway in May, with most of the work to occur at night to avoid disruption. Other footbridges will have minor maintenance works carried out including:

• Tallow Creek footbridge at Suffolk Park

• Helen Street footbridge at South Golden Beach

• Brunswick Heads footbridge.

The work is expected to be finished by the end of May.

Phil Holloway, Director Infrastructure Services, said that the works were part of the basic maintenance program.

“Work will include replacing timber decking and repairing other timber components including kerbs and barriers.” “Whilst we would love to do significant improvements to some of these footbridges, we have to work within budgetary constraints. government and we did that with 18 other NSW councils, however, the Court reached its decision and we accept it. We will not be appealing the judgment.”

“We hope to secure grant funding in the future to make these footbridges better by upgrading or replacing them,” he said.

The cost of the footbridge maintenance works is approximately $185,000.

Information on this project is on Council’s website.

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Nigel Dawe