The Kempsey-Armidale Road is an important corridor, which links Armidale and the coast. The road also supports the local community and agriculture and tourism industries in both the Armidale and Kempsey regions.
The road was severely damaged by bushfires at the end of 2019 and subsequent flooding in 2020 and 2022:
The condition of the road has deteriorated due to these natural disasters and several landslips have occurred. Emergency recovery works have been undertaken at several locations where the severe damage to the road occurred from these natural disasters. Council is now working to prepare the tender for the main recovery works.
Council is working to rehabilitate and restore 43kms of Kempsey-Armidale Road and a 5.1km section of Lower Creek Road to pre-disaster condition.
12272 Kempsey Road, Armidale 2350 View Map
12272 Kempsey Road , Armidale 2350