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Flash flooding causes traffic chaos at Kelso

10 Feb, 2012 08:33 AM
Flash flooding caused traffic gridlock on the Great Western Highway at Kelso this morning.

Traffic heading into the city crawled to a standstill as one lane of the highway was shut following flash flooding from Raglan Creek.

Weatherzone is reporting that 20mm of rain has already fallen today, making today the wettest day of the month so far.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a weather warning at 5.21am that said today's thunderstorms were likely to produce large hailstones, very heavy rainfall and flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours.

More rain is expected over the weekend.

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I was stuck in the traffic this morning driving to bathurst from raglan. I wonder why as a rate payer a solution hasnt been found for this problem sooner? Surely the installation of new sufficient piping or building up the road could help to prevent this from continuosly happening whenever there is heavy rain in the area.
Posted by Hayley, 10/02/2012 9:05:50 AM, on Western Advocate
I would like to know when the council is going to do something about this. It happens every time there is a heavy downpour and it is frustrating and annoying. Surely it would be cheaper to fix it properly the first time than to mend the road and pump the water everytime it happens.
Posted by Sal, 10/02/2012 9:06:38 AM, on Western Advocate
Why oh why are they pumping water UP HILL to the HIGH SIDE of the levy bank when all they need to do is dig a trench to the river. Problem solved for good and it doesn't effect the levy bank.
Posted by Matt, 10/02/2012 10:07:10 AM, on Western Advocate
I was travelling the other way this morning - from Bathurst to Kelso.

There wasn't much traffic on the two lanes out of Bathurst but it was banked up to the lights at Kelso on the other side. Why not use the three lanes they have a bit better? They could keep one lane for the less traffic and move the other cars over. They should be better at managing this now - they have done it so many times before.

And I didn't even see the pumps this morning - just people in yellow standing around doing little.

Posted by Franklin, 10/02/2012 11:27:08 AM, on Western Advocate
dig a pipeline back to the river where the bridge is.. problem solved, no residents to speak of, no need to close the road to work.

or am i missing something here?

Posted by bionic, 10/02/2012 11:54:37 AM, on Western Advocate
I'd like to know where the overpaid genius is who designed the road? I bet the ongoing costs involved in keeping the road open aren't coming out of his pay packet!!
Posted by Robyn, 10/02/2012 1:39:32 PM, on Western Advocate
Now now by council draining the water away the way it is been done its giving workers overtime, so why would they want to fix the problem? gee how to I get a job on council.
Posted by Deb, 10/02/2012 6:12:07 PM, on Western Advocate
this has been a continuing problem fo the near 59 years of my time on this planet...56 of which I was a resident of Bathurst. If only I had purchased a car ferry back then..I could have been a shipping magnate by now..Elected Members..toss the band-aides..mend the problem....
Posted by sarge53, 10/02/2012 8:51:54 PM, on Western Advocate
If only all of the contributors to this article could get their facts right. It has previously been reported that Council is planning for the construction of an overflow channel from Raglan Creek to the Macquarie River. This all takes time, and most importantly, (and perhaps frustratingly) approvals are required from the relevant Govt authorities to constuct works across the floodplain.

As for Robyn's and others comments, lifting the road would only make worse the flooding that would occur should the Macquarie River have another major flood. Remember, it is a floodplain.

Posted by johno, 10/02/2012 8:57:15 PM, on Western Advocate
The road was just fine until a large number of people built houses, shops and warehouses in the catchment area with 100 percent run off from each roof.

What once soaked into the ground, on those sites, now arrives at Sydney Road very quickly.

Posted by Raglan, 11/02/2012 7:54:53 AM, on Western Advocate
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