Essential disaster recovery work is underway on the Bruxner Highway at Mallanganee thanks to a $9.5 million investment from the Albanese and Minns Governments. Funding has been made available under the Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

This investment will help to ensure the Bruxner Highway can continue to provide essential access between towns and villages across northern New South Wales.

Transport for NSW will carry out work, which includes repairing and stabilising two downslopes that were damaged in a landslip between Willock Street and Bulmers Road at Mallanganee, about 40km west of Casino.

Work will require the installation of soil nails and micropiles, which are drilled deep into the slope, together with improvements to drains and culverts, which are expected to take about six months to complete. 

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The funding provision to ‘build back better’ is also under the DRFA, Regional Roads and Transport Recovery Package.

Minister for Emergency Management, Kristy McBain, said, “This investment through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements will help to ensure the Bruxner Highway can continue to provide essential access between towns and villages across northern New South Wales.

“This is important work, which will mean the highway will be able to better withstand future storms and flooding.”

NSW Minister for Recovery, Janelle Saffin, said, “The Bruxner Highway is a vital artery in the state’s north, connecting locals, freight and tourists from Ballina to Boggabilla.

“It is also one of the key local roads in my electorate, taking me directly to Tenterfield—a beautiful Tablelands town I proudly represent—and I know every twist and turn of this road. 

“We have faced repeated severe weather in recent years, and this work is about more than repairing damage; it’s about strengthening our transport network so communities can recover faster and be better prepared for future events.”