Burrier Road - Burrier - Major Landslips (6)

Below: Site 1 landslip repaired 21 May 2024 and repair works near completion 7 March 2024

Below: Site 2 landslip repaired 21 May 2024 and repair works near completion 7March 2024

Below: Site 3 landslip repaired 21 May 2024 and repair works near completion 7 March 2024

Below: Site 4 landslip repaired 21 May 2024 and repair works near completion 7 March 2024

Below: Site 5 landslip repaired 21 May 2024

Below: Site 5 new design elements needed as adverse ground conditions slow works 7 March 2024

25/6/2024 - Announcement - Contraflow traffic conditions while line marking is underway Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June 2024. When line marking is complete traffic control will be removed and Give way signs will control traffic at the single lane point. Council appreciates your patience during completion works.

8/5/2024 - Announcement - Nightworks are cancelled for the rest of this week due to the ongoing heavy rainfall. Nightworks are planned to start again from 9pm Sunday night 12 May 2024, weather permitting. Find details under - About the works. See Related Documents for updated 3-week Lookahead Program 7 May 2024. Council appreciates your patience as major landslip and road repair works near completion. 

17/4/2024 - Announcement: Road open Anzac Day Thursday 25 April 2024. Spray seal works are planned Wednesday 17 April 2024 at Site 2 and Site 3, weather permitting. Following the recent natural disaster 7 April 2024 (AGRN1119) severe weather and flooding event, night closures and daytime contraflow are ongoing at Site 4 to 1 May 2024. Find details under - About the works.

10/4/2024 - Temporary Closure: Due to impacts of the 7 April 2024 natural disaster (AGRN1119) storm event closures are extended out a few days. Night closures and daytime contraflow traffic conditions are ongoing at Site 4 to Monday 29 April 2024. Find details under - About the works. Council appreciates your patience as major landslip and road repair works near completion. 

3/4/2024 - Announcement: Major landslip repair works are near completion. Repair works are scheduled to be completed at Site 5 - near rural address 356, Friday 12 April and at Site 4 - rural address 610, Saturday 27 April 2024, weather permitting. Remaining spray seal works will be carried out under contraflow traffic conditions. 

12/3/2024 - Announcement: Works halt for Easter break.Repair works will shut down for the Easter break from 6am Thursday 28 March through to Monday 1 April 2024. Good news: Contractor Symal has advised a revised completion date of May 2024, weather permitting.

27/2/2024 - Announcement: Works ahead of schedule. Contractor Symal has advised works at Site 4 are progressing ahead of schedule with an anticipated completion date of 26 July 2024. Extra equipment and resources have been mobilised to advance completion of repair works. For details see media release 16 February 2024, under About the works.

Contractor Symal released revised construction program. Find the updated three-week Lookahead Program 27 February 2024 under Related Documents. Repair works and road closures at each site are also detailed under 'About the works'. 

20/2/2024 - Announcement: Contractor Symal has advised works at Site 4 near rural address 610 are progressing ahead of schedule. The expected completion date is now 26 July (no longer 30 August) 2024. Night closures are ongoing.

From 2/1/7/2024 to 19/2/2024 – The updated three-week Lookahead program was released each week by contractor, Symal, and published on this page weekly under ‘Related Documents’. Repair works and road closures were also detailed weekly for all sites under ‘About the works’. 

Repair works progressing steadily

Above: Site 4 landslip repairs progressing well February 2024. 

Above: Site 4 in progress October 2023.

Above: Site 3 repair works are well underway. 

Above: Site 1 landslip repair works nearing completion.

22/12/2022 - Four (4) tenders for the repair of 38 major landslip sites were received, a comprehensive evaluation process of tenders was then completed. A report outlining the recommended tender has now been forwarded to NSW Public Work Advisory (PWA) for their endorsement. It is anticipated PWA will evaluate the tender acceptance report and respond back to Council mid-January 2023. For further information see Master Project Page Severe weather events reconstruction work - 2022 | Shoalhaven City Council (nsw.gov.au)

August 2020 Storms and flood natural disaster event AGRN923 brought the worst flooding the region has seen in 30 years with almost 400mm of rain falling in four (4) days, causing damages to 170 locations and Councils assets. Burrier Road sustained various damage in seven (7) locations. Of this damage, there were two (2) landslips impacting Burrier Road that required one (1) lane of the road be closed, while repair options were investigated, designed and construction work tendered out.

March 2022 AGRN1012 and September 2022 severe weather natural disaster events again caused significant damages across the Shoalhaven LGA including 98 landslips affecting local public roads managed by Shoalhaven City Council. Of this damage, 38 landslips were recognised as “moderate to major" and have been packaged as one (1) large project - the design documented by specialist consultants SLR and be tendered out for construction by specialist contractors.

Of this package of work, four (4) landslips are along Burrier Road. This brings the total number of landslips affecting Burrier Road to six (6).

Stage 1 landslip repair – 2 landslips

Stage 1 landslip repair involves the repair of two (2) landslips caused by the August 2020 storm and flood natural disaster events.

Location of these two (2) landslips:

Both landslips were re-damaged by two (2) rainfall events in 2022, as a result construction work ceased whilst repair work was re-designed.

Stage 2 landslip repairs – 4 landslips

Stage 2 landslip repairs involve the repair of four (4) landslips caused by the February and June 2022 storms and flood natural disaster events.

Location of these landslips are at road chainages:

The repair of these landslips is part of the 38 major landslip package tender, issued for public tender 31 October 2022, closing 6 December 2022.


Stage 1 – 2 landslips – August 2020 rainfall event
Chainage 3500 to 3560m (Skyline) – Rural address 446

Stage 2 – 4 landslips – February and June 2022 rain events

• Rural address 446 - Chainage 3500m
• Rural address 446 (Skyline) – Chainage 3560m
• Rural Address 107 - Chainage 540 to 920m
• Rural Address 446 - Chainage 3320 to 3340m
• Rural Address 446 - Chainage 3640 to 3900m
• Rural Address 691 - Chainage 5780 to 6420m
• Geotechnical investigations and design for permanent repair complete
• Disaster Recovery Funding approved for construction
• Construction Tender awarded 17 March 2022
• The design had to be changed due to deteriorating site condition which has resulted in delay of construction works.
• This has also resulted in major variation cost which is under assessment.
• Additional funding approval is required to cover variation cost.
• Works on site was anticipated to commence in November 2022 once variation is finalised and addition funds approved.
• Anticipated construction commencement date February 2023
• Anticipated construction completion date May 2023
• Chainage 540 to 920m – Rural Address 107
• Chainage 3320 to 3340m – Rural Address 446
• Chainage 3640 to 3900m – Rural Address 446
• Chainage 5780 to 6420m – Rural Address 691
• 22/12/2022 - Tender evaluation completed and report submitted to PWA for review and endorsement.
• 06/12/2022 - Tender submissions closed. Four tenders received. Tender evaluations commenced.
• 31/10/2022 - Public tenders for construction called.
• 01/09/2022 - Design work was completed.