Works continuing at Harry Graham Drive

These large metal sheets might look like an unusual roadside artwork but they’re in fact huge piles that’ll be pushed deep into the ground and help shore up Harry Graham Drive in Mount Kembla.

Once the work’s finished you’ll not be able to see these essential engineering supports from the road, which will be trimmed to ground level and with a concrete capping beam.

We’ve been working for some time to stabilise this challenging road, and to get Harry Graham Drive road reopened ahead of the 2022/2023 bushfire season. Other elements of the project includes the construction of a rock-catching fence embankment stabilisation works using shotcrete facing anchored with rock bolts. The recent wet weather has made it harder, with more land movement thanks to the recent huge rainfall totals.

The good news is we’ve already put in 30 metres of this sheet piling and are on track to put in about another 150 metres more ahead of the road resurfacing! With good weather on our side, we’re hopeful of the road reopening in spring.