Monaro Street closure ends by late December, but date stays fuzzy
Queanbeyan's main street will reopen in late December after a stormwater problem extended the closure and added $3 million to the bill.
Monaro Street has been closed since March for a major upgrade. Work was meant to finish in September but builders hit an unexpected stormwater main in a different spot and closer to the surface than planned.
The council locked in a Christmas party on 18 December on the closed street. The council expects the road to reopen in the days following the party but would not confirm an exact date.
Business owners along the street have struggled through eight months of construction noise and lost trade. The council is now installing a final layer of asphalt and relining the problematic stormwater pipe.
- early March
- Closure start
- September
- Original reopening target
- at least 8 weeks
- Timeline delay
- $3 million
- Extra cost added
Why it mattersQueanbeyan businesses are losing money while the street stays closed, and locals want to know when normal traffic returns.
AustraliaThis affects Queanbeyan residents and businesses in the ACT who rely on Monaro Street as the main shopping and traffic hub.
