Susanna Freymark
The Grieves family farmhouse is a stone’s throw from the new bridge being built at Grieves Crossing.
The biggest bridge ever built by Kyogle Council staff is impressive and replaces the timber bridge on Gradys Creek Road at The Risk.
It will cost $5.4million when it is completed by mid-November — half the funding has come from the Federal Government and half from the State Government.
State Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig was at Grieves Crossing today, Thursday, October 9, as part of his visit to Kyogle to speak with council staff and councillors.
Kyogle Council has been replacing the timber bridges in the shire for decades.
The one at Grieves Crossing is its biggest and the numbers are impressive.
The new bridge is 8.6metres wide and 60metres in length and it is 4.8metres higher than the old bridge and 10metres higher than the water level below.
More than 1400 tonnes of concrete was used to construct it.
The bridge is the 105th bridge replaced by the council in the past four years.
Once it is completed in November, the council team will head to Montgomerys Bridge at Ironpot Creek which has been closed for years.
After visiting the bridge, the minister went back to Kyogle Council Chambers for a roundtable discussion with councillors and then will be heading to Bells Bay Campground at Toonumbar Dam.