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MAPLETON, Ore. – Motorists traveling westbound on Highway 126 this week should expect delays up to 20 minutes as road crews continue work to clear hazard trees and debris near ....
VENETA, Ore. – An Oregon Department of Transportation worker sprang into action when he encountered numerous fallen trees on Highway 126 West following the arrival of the recent severe ice ....
Date Time Araluen Road resilience work Work is underway to upgrade the temporary detour around the Knowles Creek landslide on Araluen Road. Eurobodalla Council will grade and gravel re-sheet the Forestry trails at a cost of around $450,000, taking three to four weeks to complete the work. The roadsides have also been sprayed to bring regrowth under control and maintain sight lines for those using the detour. The aim is to provide a safer route back to Moruya for residents of the Araluen valley while a permanent road solution is built. Around 70 properties are located along Araluen Road, which stretches from Moruya to Braidwood in mountainous terrain. Two landslides caused by fires and floods, one last November at Knowles Creek 23km west of Moruya and the other in May at the 43km mark near Merricumbene, have kept the road closed to all but residents. ....
Date Time No easy fix for Merricumbene landslide Plans are being made to re-open Araluen Road at the latest landslide site near Merricumbene, but it will be no easy fix. Rock and debris fell onto the roadway on Friday evening, completely blocking the road in mountainous terrain around 43km west of Moruya. Council’s Director of Infrastructure Warren Sharpe OAM said the road cannot simply be cleared and re-opened to traffic due to instability on both the high and low sides of the road. “The longitudinal cracking on the low side means part of the road is now falling away over a length of several hundred metres as well as the landslide from the high side. ....