Campaign to get Old North Road Rothbury sealed

05/04/2024

Black Creek river height http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60232/IDN60232.561046.plt.shtml

We are still open and waiting for you. Please be careful in this weather.
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05/07/2023

Black Creek Flood study survey - please complete

Cessnock Council is developing its Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan (FRMSP) for both the Greta and Black Creek Nulkaba to Branxton catchments. Black Creek is currently in Stage 2. Overview of Project The purpose of each FRMSP is to identify and assess options

13/01/2023

NRMA rate your road survey, please complete

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25/11/2022

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-25/rainfall-and-potholes-climate-change-road-maintenance-floods/101695766

Potholes, washouts and other road damage costing billions of dollars to repair could be reduced, according to a researcher who says maintenance methods must be revised in the face of more extreme weather events.

08/10/2022

Latest River Heights for Black Ck at Rothbury
Issued at 9:16 am EDT Sunday 9 October 2022

Station details:Station Number: 561046 Name: Black Ck at Rothbury
Data from the previous 4 days.

The river height data is real-time operational data from automated telemetry systems and has not been quality controlled.
The data is provided for flood warning purposes and most data will not be available during non flood periods.
Most river height data is provided to the Bureau of Meteorology by other agencies. Separate approval may be required to use the data for other purposes.
Heights are given in metres.
Sites marked with ** indicate that the automatic telemeter gauge is at a different location to the historical flood gauge. Therefore, the height shown in the table is not the water level at the historical flood gauge.

16/07/2022

Cessnock City Council please explain the reason that this causeway is still closed two weeks after the floods. There is less than 10cm of water over the road.

05/07/2022

Have we hit 8 metres before?

Latest River Heights for Black Ck at Rothbury
Issued at 7:47 pm EST Tuesday 5 July 2022

Station details:Station Number: 561046 Name: Black Ck at Rothbury

Plot of River Height Observations

03/07/2022

Flood at 6m and rising. Road closed. The Advertiser, Cessnock Cessnock City Council Clayton Barr MP, Member for Cessnock

13/05/2022

More rain more flooding
Cessnock City Council Clayton Barr MP, Member for Cessnock The Advertiser, Cessnock

07/04/2022

Black Creek causeway on Old North Road Rothbury is flooded again.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS

Clayton Barr MP, Member for Cessnock Cessnock City Council Advance Cessnock City Hunter Valley Visitor Information Hunter Valley Wine Country The Advertiser, Cessnock Joel Fitzgibbon