WORK crews have continued to make progress with repairing landslip damage on Bulli Pass, despite the ongoing wet weather, including the natural disaster event in early April that saw almost 200mm of rainfall in 24-hours – the highest daily rainfall recorded at Bellambi since 1998.

Following that heavy rainfall, a spokesperson for Transport for NSW said crews were diverted from work for two days to clear loose soil, rocks and vegetation from sections of the road.

Given all the added moisture in already heavily saturated ground on Bulli Pass, Transport for NSW (Transport) has decided to make changes to the repair plan at the hairpin bend. More soil nails will now be installed than originally planned to provide more strength to the slope.

The extra work is not expected to change the project schedule.

Some of the work completed in April includes:

• reinstalling a section of the rockfall fence
• the start of drilling soil nails at the hairpin bend
• building new stormwater drains to better manage water run-off
• removing damaged shotcrete and completing all ground works at the site one kilometre below the hairpin bend so that soil nailing can begin.

There will be no work on Bulli Pass during the upcoming closures on Mount Ousley Road, as Bulli Pass is the detour route for motorists during the Mount Ousley Road closures.

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