Responsibility for maintaining Armidale Road has become the centre of a growing bureaucratic dispute, as closures on other key routes continue to push more traffic onto a road described as both dangerous and chronically underfunded.
Roads and Infrastructure
Posted inLocal News, New England Surrounds, Roads and Infrastructure
200-tonne dilemma for Waterfall Way
The State Government will undertake a detailed corridor assessment of Waterfall Way and surrounding Mid-North Coast routes following a major landslip.
Posted inAccidents and road closures, Politics, Roads and Infrastructure
Calls for alternate route to “Rockfall Way”
The closure of Waterfall Way for the fifth time in less than 12 months has reignited calls to invest in a viable and safe alternate route. Some locals are now calling the drive ‘Rockfall Way’.
Posted inAccidents and road closures, Roads and Infrastructure
Waterfall Way closed for at least a week after fresh landslip
Waterfall Way is expected to remain closed for at least a week, and potentially up to 10 days, after another significant landslip cut the vital mountain route between the North Coast and the Northern Tablelands.
Posted inNarrabri, Phones and internet, Technology
NBN Fixed Wireless is coming to the Narrabri LGA
Over 700 homes and businesses across the Narrabri Local Government Area are set to benefit from faster and more reliable internet connectivity, with nbn fixed wireless services being rolled out under the NSW Government’s Regional Digital Connectivity Program.
Posted inNarrabri, Roads and Infrastructure
Works to start on Violet Street Bridge replacement
The Violet Street Bridge replacement is set to take a significant step forward with works to get underway on the project next week.
Posted inAgriculture, Local News, Roads and Infrastructure
Drive safe this new year
NSW Farmers is urging people heading into country areas to take extra care on rural roads this new year.
Posted inBingara, Phones and internet
Telstra denies issues in Bingara despite failure to deliver promised upgrade by Christmas
Telstra has denied there are problems with its mobile network in Bingara, despite another Christmas period marked by service outages and an upgrade promised before Christmas once again failing to materialise.
Posted inHealth, Local News, Local politics, Politics, Roads and Infrastructure
Coulda, shoulda, woulda stories of 2025
$400,000 for something that doesn’t exist, the secret NSW Health doesn’t want to tell you, and why new roads are falling apart faster than old ones… here’s three of the biggest stories we couldn’t tell you in 2025.
Posted inGeneral News, Inverell, Roads and Infrastructure
Council endorses heavy patching program
Inverell Shire Council has endorsed the 2025/2026 Heavy Patching Program, approving the allocation of $1,233,812 from the Roads to Recovery Program to deliver priority road works
across the Shire.