Council agrees to revised Grose River Bridge deadlines

12 August 2021

At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, Councillors agreed to grant Redbank more time to plan and construct the planned $25.8 million bridge over Grose River at Yarramundi.

In February 2020, Council gave its ‘in principle’ support to the development of an alternative route between Grose Vale Road at North Richmond and Springwood Road at Yarramundi via Grose River Road, crossing Grose River approximately 500m west of Yarramundi Reserve.

This route would have the added advantages of not requiring the resumption of public land, and of acting as another flood evacuation route for North Richmond and surrounds, with the bridge and approaches built above the 1:100 flood line.

Transport for NSW has indicated they would fund and purchase the land required for this amended crossing route.

Given the considerable scope of the revised project, and the time required to complete land acquisition, road and bridge design and to complete the approval and construction processes, additional time was granted to Redbank on Tuesday night to complete the project.

Several of the deadlines are aligned to the number of land lots released at Redbank. The dates are the anticipated month and year those land lot releases are currently scheduled by Redbank to take place.

The revised deadlines are:

• Development approvals for the project: June 2023 (801^st land lot released)
• Construction documentation completed and submitted: December 2023 (865^th land lot released)
• Completion of the bridge: June 2025 (1101^st land lot released)

Council also proposed that the lodgement of the development application for the bridge be completed by June 2022.

At present, 658 land lots have been registered at Redbank, with a further 261 lots granted development consent (919 lots in total).

The bridge forms part of a Voluntary Planning Agreement between Redbank and Council. The agreement also includes:

• Intersection and road works
• Public transport facilities
• Community facilities
• Conservation management
• Improvements to Peel Park
• Open space and recreation