Lithgow City Council’s planned works on Wallerawang Rail Overbridge begin on Monday, February 18.
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The project aims to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians and to improve traffic flow.
The project has been planned to respond to issues raised by residents including improving pedestrian access and vision for motorists. .
The current concrete structure was installed over the railway in late 2015 replacing the notoriously narrow ‘Black Bridge’ built in the 1920s but the new structure brought its own concerns from residents, including line of site when turning down to Main Street.
Lithgow City Council has asked pedestrians and drivers to take care while the works are under way.
The works will include:
- Installation of a pedestrian refuge and coloured kerb ramps on Barton Avenue, adjacent to the existing bus shelter near the Bowling Club;
- Installation of new LED street lighting overhead of the pedestrian refuge to facilitate safe, all-hours use of the refuge;
- Amendment of guardrail positioning on the Wallerawang Rail Overbridge to improve vehicular sight distance;
- Construction of approximately 200lm of concrete footpath to tie the western bridge footpath to access from Tweedie Street and Pipers Flat Road;
- Realignment of kerb and gutter to allow sufficient space for the footpath installation; and
- Amended line marking at the intersection of Pipers Flat Road and Main Street, Wallerawang to improve traffic flow, sight distance and delineation.
Works are scheduled to be completed in two weeks.
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