Beardow and Noel Street works update: 4 December 2019

Lismore City Council contractors have now completed roadworks on Beardow Street.

Unfortunately, the planned repairs of Noel Street that we wrote about in the last Community Update have been delayed. This work was scheduled to be undertaken in November/December but Council has been forced to delay this work as the scope of the work was greater than initially anticipated. Work will now commence in early January and is expected to take four weeks.

In August 2019, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued Council with a Preliminary Investigation Order to carry out contamination investigations in a portion of the road reserve in Beardow Street, either side of the current works.

The EPA wanted to determine if waste material extended beyond the area of the landslip to other areas of the road reserve. Council took samples and sent the test results to the EPA in early November.

Council is now waiting to hear from the EPA regarding these results. We will advise residents when we are notified by the EPA of their findings.

Council is offering a house cleaning service to remove dust from Beardow Street and Noel Street residences. In Beardow Street, this is for residents whose homes are adjacent to the landslip works. Council will contact these residents directly to organise a suitable date and time. Noel Street residents will also be offered this house cleaning service once Noel Street road repairs are complete.

Weed matting has now been placed over the embankment area. Council will engage a qualified landscaper to plant trees, shrubs and grasses on the embankment in March 2020.

Council would like to wish all residents of Beardow Street and Noel Street a safe, peaceful and relaxing Christmas and New Year.

Council would like to acknowledge that this project has generated a lot of dust, noise and inconvenience for residents of both Beardow Street and Noel Street. We are sincerely sorry for this upheaval.

We thank you for your patience during what has been a lengthy and difficult project, and hope you have a wonderful festive season.