A commitment to seal Packer Road - a message for Lower Portland and Colo residents
Channel: Councillor Nathan Zamprogno
Date: 29/11/2021

Some areas of Hawkesbury Council would be right to feel they have been forgotten. Residents of Lower Portland, Colo, Sackville and nearby have copped a lot. The threatened closure of the Lower Portland Ferry. Fire and floods. The loss of the Upper Colo bridge. Poor toilet facilities and rubbish collection at the Upper Colo Reserve and bridge carpark. Ongoing delays to the repair of Greens Road - which are vital access routes not only for day-to-day purposes but for emergency services and utilities as well.

When the ferry service was threatened with closure, discussions began about the sealing of Packer Road as a partial compensation. Those talks ceased when the ferry service was saved. 
However, the tacit admission that Packer Road was in a shocking state considering its level of use remained with me. If there was a case to seal the road then, the case remains valid.

I've had some small success in this term of Council in securing funds for road-sealing. Brennans Dam Road and Old Stock Route Road are heavily trafficked in the Vineyard area and I claim credit for persuading Council to find the $560,000 to fund stage 1 of a larger project to seal the road.

What road sealing program would you like me to advocate for in this coming term of Council? I think Packer Road would be a good start to that list.