Cobar Shire Council's Current Road Condition Report As of Monday 7 December 2017. Motorists Are Advised to Travel at All Times

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Cobar Shire Council's Current Road Condition Report As of Monday 7 December 2017. Motorists Are Advised to Travel at All Times

Telephone: (02) 6836 5888 PO Box 223 Website: www.cobar.nsw.gov.au Facsimile: (02) 6836 3964 Cobar NSW 2835 Email: [email protected] COBAR SHIRE COUNCIL’S CURRENT ROAD CONDITION REPORT AS OF MONDAY 7 DECEMBER 2017. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO TRAVEL AT ALL TIMES ACCORDING TO THE ROAD CONDITIONS COUNCIL WASTES VALUABLE RESOURCES REPAIRING DAMAGE DONE BY VEHICLES USING CLOSED OR WET ROADS. OFFENDERS MAY BE PROSECUTED AND BE LIABLE TO PAY FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED PLEASE ENSURE TO CHECK SURROUNDING ROAD CONDITION REPORTS AS OUR UNSEALED ROAD NETWORK CONNECTS WITH OTHER SHIRES STATE HIGHWAYS ROAD NO ROAD NAME OPEN/CLOSED COMMENTS Barrier Highway SH8 OPEN SEALED Wilcannia – Cobar – Nyngan MR421 Kidman Way (North) OPEN SEALED Kidman Way (South) OPEN MR410 SEALED REGIONAL ROADS ROAD NO ROAD NAME OPEN/CLOSED COMMENTS Priory Tank Road 461 Priory – Nymagee OPEN SEALED Balowra Road 461 OPEN UNSEALED Nymagee to Condobolin 68 Curranyalpa Road OPEN UNSEALED Darling River - East Whitbarrow Way 228 OPEN SEALED Nymagee - Hermidale Mulya Road 407 OPEN UNSEALED Cobar - Louth Tipping Way 411 OPEN SEALED Mount Hope - Euabalong The Wool Track OPEN 416 UNSEALED Cobar - Belarabon Glenwood Road OPEN 419 UNSEALED Nymagee - Gilgunnia Lachlan Valley Way 423 OPEN SEALED Euabalong – Murrin Bridge Fifty Two Mile Road OPEN 7518 Barnato - Tilpa UNSEALED Kiacatoo Road SEALED 7521 OPEN Euabalong West - Condobolin The Wool Track OPEN 7522 UNSEALED Belarabon – Ivanhoe SHIRE ROADS ROAD NO ROAD NAME OPEN/ CLOSED COMMENTS 1A Buckanbe Road OPEN UNSEALED 1B Budda Road OPEN UNSEALED 2 Seventy Eight Mile Road OPEN UNSEALED 3 Nelyambo Bridge Road OPEN UNSEALED 4 Gidgee Road OPEN UNSEALED 6 Pulpulla Road OPEN UNSEALED 7 Mount Gap Road OPEN UNSEALED 8 Coomeratta Road OPEN UNSEALED 9 Neckarbo Road OPEN UNSEALED 10 Belarabon Road OPEN UNSEALED 11 Bloomfield Road OPEN UNSEALED 12 Yathong Road OPEN UNSEALED 13A Lerida Road OPEN SEALED 13B Bedooba Road OPEN UNSEALED 14 Manuka Road OPEN UNSEALED 15 Shuttleton Road OPEN UNSEALED 16 Sandy Creek Road OPEN UNSEALED 17 Merri Road OPEN UNSEALED 18 Bruce Cullenward Drive OPEN UNSEALED 19 Burthong Road OPEN UNSEALED 20 Grain Road OPEN UNSEALED 21 Tallebung Road OPEN UNSEALED 22 Round Hill Road OPEN UNSEALED 23 Booberoi Road OPEN UNSEALED 24 Mount Grace Road OPEN UNSEALED 25 Wilgaroon Road OPEN UNSEALED 26 Wilga Downs Road OPEN UNSEALED 27 Cooneybar Road OPEN UNSEALED 28 Yimkin Road OPEN UNSEALED 29 Booroomugga Road OPEN UNSEALED 30 Canbelego Road OPEN UNSEALED 31 Moolah Road OPEN UNSEALED 32 Developmental Road OPEN UNSEALED 33 Nymagee Station Road OPEN UNSEALED 34 Wallace Vale Road OPEN UNSEALED 35 Osterley Downs Road OPEN UNSEALED 36 Palesthan Road OPEN UNSEALED 37 Bimbella Road OPEN UNSEALED 38 CSA Access Road OPEN SEALED 39 Coombie Road OPEN UNSEALED 40 Filtration Plant Road OPEN SEALED 41 Tilpa Weir Road OPEN UNSEALED 42 Endeavor Mine Road OPEN SEALED 43 Sewerage Works Road OPEN UNSEALED 44 Old Reservoir Road OPEN UNSEALED 45 Garbage Tip Road OPEN SEALED 46 Rosevale Road OPEN UNSEALED 47 Cobar Town Streets OPEN SEALED 48 Euabalong Tip Road OPEN UNSEALED .

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