WORK crews are making progress with repairs to landslip damage on Lawrence Hargrave Drive between Railway Crescent and Chellow Dene Avenue at Stanwell Park.

The crews have finished excavating 2500 tonnes of landslip spoil from the site – enough loose soil and rock to cover two football fields. They dug four metres below the road surface – a full metre further than originally expected – before reaching a solid and stable foundation.

A new drainage level was added before work began to place three layers of hard rock which is compacted and wrapped in a durable fabric, known as geogrid, to create a strong, stable base for the road.

These new base layers are specifically designed to drain excess water more quickly from beneath the road during severe rainfall events and make the road more resilient to future natural disasters.

The landslip in this location was caused by successive natural disaster events and ongoing wet weather that left the ground heavily saturated and unstable.

Once the rockfill layers have been installed, work will begin to rebuild the road before the final asphalting and line marking is carried out.

Transport for NSW advises that all the work is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

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