Tamworth Regional Council's roads and construction works update for end of April, start of May

The Piallamore section of works is progressing well. Stabilisation of the road was undertaken last week and reconstruction and widening works are continuing this week. Sealing of this section expected to be undertaken next week weather permitting. Motorists should continue to expect delays with traffic to one lane during working hours.

The majority of works on the intersection of Manilla Road and Appleby Lane have been completed this week, with pavement marking being installed on Tuesday. The 60km/hr speed limit will remain in place until the guardrail is installed this week. Once installed, all signage will be removed and the road will return to 100km/hr.

Residents in East Tamworth are advised that construction of a pedestrian refuge adjacent to Tamworth Public School will commence on Wednesday 2 May and will take roughly one week to complete. Some parking in Upper Street may be impacted during this time.

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This week, stablisation work in the southbound parking lane may cause short delays, so motorists are asked to drive to the conditions and obey traffic control signage.

There will some minor impacts to traffic flow in Anthony Road, South Tamworth and Irvine Street, Kootingal from next week when work starts on water main replacement and upgrades.

In Anthony Road about 525 metres of water main will be replaced, starting at the Robert Street intersection and progressing towards Garden Street. Disruption to the traffic flow is expected to be minimal because the new main will be installed in the footpath rather than the centre of the street where it now lies. Similar work will start in nearby Susanne Street on May 1.

In Irvine Street, a 300 metre section of water main will be replaced with larger 200mm-diametre section of pipe.

There will be short interruptions to the water supply in the streets in a few weeks when replacement services to properties are cut in. Residents will be advised of the dates and times once they are known.

Construction work continues on the western side of the roundabout at the intersection of Peel and Marius streets near Northgate Shopping Centre at North Tamworth.

There is no vehicle access from Peel Street in or out of Marius Street with alternate access routes to Marius Street Medical Centre at North Tamworth and Northgate Shopping Centre clearly signposted.

Manilla Road (Peel Street) remains open to traffic at all times but the speed limit has been reduced to 40km/h. There may be some traffic delays in the busy morning and afternoon periods.

The NSW Government is providing $3.5 million to fund the second stage of the Manilla Road (Peel Street) Upgrade. Tamworth Regional Council is undertaking the construction on behalf of Roads and Maritime Services. For more information, see Council’s website.