Ballina Shire Council is seeking community feedback on the concept design, cost estimate and preliminary impact assessment reports for the North Creek Road and Bridge project.

This project will involve:

• Reconstruction, widening and raising of North Creek Road between Forest Oak Boulevard in North Ballina and Skennars Head Road in Skennars Head
• Provision of an adjacent new shared pedestrian/cycle path
• Construction of a new bridge across North Creek.

“Rebuilding the North Creek Bridge, which was demolished in the 1970s following construction of The Coast Road, will reconnect the Skennars Head/Lennox Head areas with Ballina/North Ballina, helping to ease congestion and cater for future traffic volumes,” explained Council’s Traffic Engineer Patrick Knight.

Modelling predicts that North Creek Road will carry traffic volumes of 14,162 vehicles per day by the year 2036, and this project aims to alleviate congestion along The Coast Road.

Further road network traffic modelling is underway to predict volumes to the year 2046, with this work due to be completed in late 2025. This network modelling will also inform future decision-making regarding this project.

Have your say

The community is invited to provide feedback on the draft concept design, cost estimate and preliminary reports by completing the online form at yoursayballina.com.au/North-Creek-Road-and-Bridge.

Submissions close Wednesday, 24 September 2025.

Community feedback will be collated and reported to a future council meeting, where Council will consider the draft documents, landowner and community feedback, before deciding whether to proceed with and fund the next stage of this project.