The patch-up is on the side of the Central Coast Highway leading to Kariong and has been done with a metal "Acro prop" which is now severely rusted. As the images show, the crumbling sandstone wall is above a culvert, which allows a waterfall to pass under the road and become a tributary of Coorumbine Creek.
Umina resident Edward James uncovered the work after spending several months examining local culverts and ditches following the Somersby road collapse. Adam Holt, 30, his partner Roslyn Bragg, 29, their daughters Madison, 2, and Jasmine, 3, and Ms Bragg's nephew Travis Bragg, 9, died when a giant fissure opened in front of their car on June 8.
Yesterday, several engineers said the Central Coast Highway repair would require a proper site assessment to determine whether or not it was dangerous. Gosford City Council said the road was a State Government responsibility, and that details of the damage had been passed on to the Roads and Traffic Authority.
"We've taken some photos and so we've sent if off to the RTA for action," Mayor Jim Macfadyen said. But an RTA spokesman assured residents the culvert and the road above it were "sound and in no danger of collapse". He said a routine maintenance inspection had identified the "minor repairs" required to the sandstone brickwork and the temporary repairs were put in place until more permanent ones could be organised. "These repairs will be completed in the near future," the spokesman said. "The RTA has a rigorous inspection regime for all its structures, including stormwater culverts. "The missing bricks and the support in the sandstone brick facing are not part of the culvert, are not structural and do not bear weight. "The brickwork is a cover to protect the slope between the road and the top of the culvert from the effects of the weather."
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