Saturday, June 27, 2009

Dents valley corners

Dents valley corner north - 0.5 kilometres south of Williams road.

Road regraded 12/13 April 2011


Travelling south



Travelling north, the corner has safety markers which make a tight corner, forcing vehicles to the right.

Note: there is a blind corner about 40 metres past the pegged corner. If two vehicles meet at this point, there is only one lane!

Road widening was carried out in June 2009 by Bellingen shire council to create a single lane, with some safety margin away from the crumbling edge of the road.





rocks on road

Rocks on the road  28 April 2011




















fallen rock





















damaged cliff






















Dents Valley south  - 0.6 kilometres south of Williams road


Travelling south
close up of road on the corner.

Note: the tyre track is only 300mm from the road drop off.

The concrete at the edge of the road was installed to support a concrete drain after a hole appeared in the road.  








The same corner but driving north.

After the rain, the unwary would keep to the left  to avoid the puddle and go very close to the edge!


















The recommended solution for reconstructing corners involving water flows  are concrete splashways

concrete splashway on Basin road in Jaaingaa Nature Reserve