Jamberoo Mountain Road has been reopened with Kiama Council wrapping up the repair work on Friday afternoon.

Kiama Mayor Cameron McDonald thanked the contractor, Ground Stabilisation Systems, as well as Council’s own engineers and work crews for getting the repairs done on time and under budget.

“Capital works of this scale are always notoriously tricky to deliver without delays or additional costs,” Cr McDonald said.

“That’s a credit to everyone involved.

“I also want to thank the people who rely on Jamberoo Mountain Road, especially local residents and businesses, for your continuing patience with the disruptions of recent years.”

The five-week repair program addressed the damage caused by a landslip to about 50 metres of the road just above The Abbey.

Council contractors installed 24 soil nails to underpin the road, with a concrete capping beam, and 40 square meters of shotcrete to the face of the supporting wall.

They were also able to repair two extra minor slips above and below the main work site.

The works crews have also been busy with maintenance and betterment works, cleaning out more than 1000m of stormwater drains, 8km of vegetation maintenance to improve line of sight for motorists, tree trimming to remove hazardous branches, replacing damaged road signs, guard rails and guide posts.

Cr McDonald also thanked the Australian and NSW Governments for funding the repairs under Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, NSW Betterment Program, and the Transport for NSW Block Grant Assistance Program.

Kiama Council continues to advocate for Jamberoo Mountain Road to be reclassified from a local (council-managed) road to one managed by the NSW Government.

Changing the classification would reduce the burden on Council’s financial position and Council continues to lobby for this change of management to the relevant Minister in meetings, correspondence and through our advocacy priorities.

Night works from 8pm to 4am are still being conducted on Macquarie Pass until 18 July.