At every meeting of the full council, residents can ask questions and bring issues to councillors. Q&As are published by the council.
Q: Last year, Council awarded the reconstruction of Geach Street, Dallas to AMH Civil. At Geach St, the contractor works are of a poor quality, the reinstatement of nature strips was not done properly with weeds taking hold.
The area that was used as the site compound by the contractor was not reinstated properly with multiple complaints being put into council for them to reinstate the fencing that was damaged by the contractor and reseed the area as weeds have now taken hold.
Tonight, a report is being presented to Council recommending that AMH Civil be awarded the reconstruction of Oaklands Road.
Has this recommendation taken into account the complaints received from residents at Geach St, the poor quality of works delivered and will Council hold the contractor accountable to fix the remaining items at Geach Street before awarding another project to this contractor.
Response: Director Infrastructure & Assets: The reconstruction of Oaklands Road is a different type of project to Geach Street and will be constructed in an area with less residential interface.
Geach Street was also a project that required a level of re-design throughout its construction to cater for services which contributed to delivery timeframes and some customer complaints.
Remaining items on the Geach Street project are being successfully resolved between Council and the contractor. These are largely amenity type issues and Council will ensure all relevant issues are resolved.
For the Oaklands Road project, a detailed procurement process has been followed to assess and provide a recommendation for the project’s delivery.
As with all projects, a Project Manager will oversee the construction of this project and ensure suitable controls are put in place to deliver the project.
The works are required to be completed by 30 June 2025 and the recommended contractor has confirmed their availability to complete the project within the required timeline.
Q: On Friday 11th of October 2024, AMH Civil closed off the intersection at Sylvester Parade and McPherson Avenue in Roxburgh Park to all traffic. It should be noted that works at this site did not commence until the following Monday. Over that weekend, road users moved the water barriers to drive through the intersection creating hazardous traffic conditions.
Why was the contractor allowed to close off a collector road days before any works commenced on site and why wasn’t any action taken over that weekend to open the intersection and what action has been taken by Council to prevent something like this from happening again?
Response: Director Infrastructure & Assets: Council aims to ensure contractors deliver value for Council and the community and that where possible all road closures are minimised as much as possible.
Information on the history of this project wasn’t available today and will be followed up in the next few days. A detailed response will be provided once this information has been received.
Q: For 34 years rubbish is not being picked up on the nature strip. Why can’t a truck go and pick up rubbish every week. I have been asking for 34 years.
Response: Director Infrastructure & Assets: Council has 6 flying crews and trucks who collect dumped rubbish every week. Across the last 12 months they have attended to over 7,500 jobs As much as possible, Council proactively attends to sites where there is dumped rubbish.
We do, however, also rely on members of the public to report dumped rubbish to assist staff to identify all incidents.
Response times vary depending on the volume of reports Council is receiving at the time. Currently, the average response time is 4 weeks for dumped rubbish which is not posing a danger to public safety.
If you have reported dumped rubbish that has not been collected, please provide the reference number for the report and officers will investigate.
Q: Every Friday cars drive over foot paths at Hudson Circuit and park on nature strip. There are caravans and trucks parked along blocking roads. Why don’t council officers come and inspect and issue infringements.
Response: Director City Services and Living: Council’s Parking Officers do conduct regular patrols along Hudson Circuit to ensure vehicles are parked in compliance with road rules and parking regulations.
In addition to these scheduled patrols, officers are also deployed in response to reports from residents regarding non-compliant vehicles. During these inspections, any vehicles found to be parked in contravention of the road rules are issued infringements, as appropriate.
It is important to note that under the road rules, trucks and caravans may be permitted to park on the road lawfully, provided they are registered and adhere to applicable time limits.
