Essential Slope Failure Repairs - O'Connell Road

Published on 14 October 2025

Oberon Council have received the following notification from Transport for NSW:

Essential slope failure repairs on O'Connell Road between Oberon and Bathurst.

Bathurst Regional Council is carrying out essential repair work on behalf on Transport for NSW on a 300-metre section of O'Connell Road, between Bathurst and Oberon.

What work are we doing?

Work will include removing, reshaping and reinforcing the existing embankments to repair slope failures, as well as replacing barrier guard rails along the roadside. When and where we’ll be working We will be working along O’Connell Road between Wambool Road and Ridge Road. We have included a map over the page to show the location of works.

Works will be carried out Monday to Friday between 7am and 6pm from Tuesday 14 October. We expect to complete the work in three weeks, weather permitting.

We will let you know in advance if we need to do any work outside of these hours.

Traffic impacts

For the safety of workers and motorists, a number of traffic changes will be in place:

Reduced speed limit to 40 km/h
Single lane closures
Intermittent stopping

All road users are advised to follow the directions of signs and traffic control and slow down on approach.

For more information about this work, visit Live Traffic (link to incident) or download the Live Traffic App. To receive updates to your phone, search “O'Connell – Wambool Road”, click on the incident and select “Follow”.

For the latest traffic updates download the Live Traffic NSW App, visit livetraffic.com or call 132 701.

We understand that this work will generate some inconvenience, and we thank you for your patience.

What will this mean for you?

You may notice:

noise from machinery and equipment
traffic control and signage in place
single lane closures and reduced speed limits.

Managing our impacts

We aim to manage our work to avoid impacts to the community and the environment. This includes:

turning off machinery and vehicles when not in use
reducing our noise as much as possible
directing lighting away from residences.