The long-awaited resurfacing of Carcoar Street has begun, but up until the start of the Christmas holiday season, the road will be closed to traffic.
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From Stillingfleet Street to the Mid-Western Highway the road is currently closed however nearby residents will have access to their homes.
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Director of Infrastructure Services at Blayney Shire Council Grant Baker said that the road closure was necessary to safely undertake necessary stormwater upgrades.
"We're creating a consistent alignment along Carcoar Street from kerb to kerb," he said.
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"That's been one of the issues on Carcoar Street and this will give motorist a better experience."
The road will be completely rebuilt thanks to the state and federal governments going 50/50 in the $1,864,435 to fund the project.
Blayney Shire Council have allocated $1.1 million to the project from the 2020/21 Operational Plan taking the total cost of the task to $2.9 million.
The resurfacing of the road will commence in 2021.
Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
