Lake Wyangan Housing Enabling Infrastructure

ROAD CLOSURE - BOORGA ROAD (at the Smeeth Road intersection)
14 September to 30 September 2026

Boorga Road will be closed to through traffic at the Smeeth Road intersection from Monday 14 September to Wednesday 30 September 2026 for the final Smeeth Road re-alignment works into Boorga Road.

Druitt Road and Todd Road will be re-opened prior to the Boorga Road closure.

Please refer to the detour plan over the page.

Smeeth Road residents will continue to have local access via Jones Road.

Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions, follow the traffic control signage and allow additional travel time.

Please contact the Council’s Project Administration Support Officer on 0439 573 671 if you have any enquiries or concerns. Thank you.

ROAD UPDATE - Mallinson and Abattoir Roads are now open to traffic

Griffith City Council is pleased to announce that Mallinson and Abattoir Roads are now open to traffic, following the finalisation of outstanding land title requirements.

The intersection upgrade forms part of the Lake Wyangan Residential Housing Enabling Infrastructure Development project, which is delivering essential civil infrastructure to support the future development of around 500 new homes in the Lake Wyangan area.

Council has been actively advocating for the outstanding land title transfer to be resolved, including the Mayor writing directly to the Minister responsible for the relevant department seeking urgent assistance. Council is pleased that this advocacy has helped achieve the outcome needed to enable the roads to open.

Griffith Mayor, Councillor Doug Curran said the opening was a welcome outcome for the community.

“This has been a frustrating and inconvenient period for residents and road users, particularly as the physical works had already been completed,” he said.

“We thank the community for its patience while the remaining administrative requirements were worked through. It is great to see these roads now open and this important project moving forward.”

While speed zones are signposted, they are enforceable and motorists are required to comply with the posted speed limit.

Funding for the project was secured through the Australian Government’s Housing Support Program, together with contributions from the Lake Wyangan Development Contribution Plan.

The Lake Wyangan Residential Housing Enabling Infrastructure Development will deliver essential civil infrastructure to support the development of around 500 additional homes in the Lake Wyangan area.

The full scope of works includes:

• Several kilometres of stormwater drainage and associated earthworks
• Installation of a new stormwater outfall pump
• Realignment of Abattoir and Mallinson Roads
• Construction of two new T-intersections at Boorga Road and Mallinson Road

Funding for this project was secured earlier this year through the Australian Government’s Housing Support Program, along with internal contributions from the Lake Wyangan Development Contribution Plan.

Lake Wyangan Residential Infrastructure Review of Environmental Factors (REF)

Council is upgrading existing infrastructure at Lake Wyangan to enable further residential development. Proposed works will include stormwater channel construction and enhancement, road realignment and construction of a detention basin.

The proposed activity is permitted without consent under State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021 (TISEPP) (Clauses 2.109 and 2.137) and does not require development consent. As such, the impacts have been assessed under Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) with the factors listed in Clause 171 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 (EP&A Regulation) taken into consideration.

The report to the right details a REF undertaken to assess the impacts of the proposal under Part 5 of the EP&A Act.