All residents and property owners are invited to a drop-in session on the draft Construction, Environment and Traffic Management Plan at 10am – 12noon, Monday 24 April 2017 at the Wye River Surf Life Saving Club. Colac-Otway Shire and Coffeys developed the draft Construction, Environment and Traffic Management Plan to guide construction during the rebuild […]
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Community visit Paddy’s Path hill Members of the Community Resilience Committee’s flora, fauna and beachscape group joined VicRoads staff on the Paddy’s Path hillside last week to inspect vegetation, the landslide zone and to plan for a mid-year replanting project. Local flora expert Trevor Blake, ecologist Mark Stockdale, the community and VicRoads environmental officer John […]
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VicRoads will install new kerb and channelling on the Great Ocean Road, just east of Separation Creek, as part of its landslide remediation works. The drainage work will be located above new retaining walls which were installed along the ocean side of the Great Ocean Road and completed in December last year. The works will […]
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Colac Otway Shire, together with Coffeys have developed a Construction, Environment and Traffic Management Plan to guide construction during the rebuild phase of renewal at Wye River and Separation Creek. Residents and property owners have until 24 April to comment. Coffeys will host drop-in sessions at Wye River and Melbourne. Keep an eye on the […]
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Wye River community meeting It was great to see around 50 members of the community on Saturday morning at Wye River. VicRoads Regional Director Mark Koliba gave an update on timelines and next steps for community consultation. Community members in Melbourne are invited to the same forum this Thursday 30 March at the Treasury Theatre […]
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Nous Group (Nous) are conducting an independent evaluation of the recovery phase of the Wye River and Separation Creek 2015 Christmas Day bushfire.
read more → VicRoads would like to thank the community for voting on the preferred rock option for the retaining wall facade at Paddy’s Path. Voting has now closed. The local favourite from Colac – basalt with lighter tones – will be attached to the concrete panels. Works are expected to start in February. Results were: Basalt Light […]
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This week Council is installing 4-hour parking signs along the beach front in Wye River to help manage parking demand over the Summer period. Despite Grocon remaining on site there will be no net loss of parking in the area. The arrangements will be the same as Christmas 2014.
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VicRoads has been working hard to secure the landslide site and is happy to announce that both lanes on the Great Ocean Road are now open between Wye and Sep, in time for the Christmas holidays. The State Government is investing a further $53 million to undertake urgent repairs on the Great Ocean Road, to minimise […]
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Across Wye River and Separation Creek you will start to see soil and mesh retaining barriers being installed. The mesh will be varying colours, and although may not be aesthetically pleasing right now, the plan is to seed over the mesh to cover the treatment. In time these walls will be a growing wall garden, with […]
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