North Head Drive slope stabilisation

Project: Stabilising the rocky cliff face on North Head Drive

Timeframe: July to December 2025

Status: In progress

Cost and funding: $1,182,166 from the Australian and NSW governments

  • $1,058,573 - Infrastructure Betterment Fund
  • $123,593 - Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements

Page last updated: July 2025

Latest news: July 2025

Work is starting up with large machinery digging into the cliff, and trucks transporting materials away. To keep everyone safe, one lane will be closed for a few months with traffic lights allowing vehicles to pass through in one direction at a time.
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Project details

North Head Drive is one of Eurobodalla’s busiest roads, with more than 4,000 vehicles using it every day. It forms a key part of the coastal route connecting Batemans Bay and Moruya. It also serves as the primary access to Moruya Airport, following the scenic course of the Moruya River.

A section of the road runs beneath a steep cliff that is prone to rockfalls, creating safety risks and causing traffic disruptions.

To improve safety and ensure more reliable access, we’re undertaking slope stabilisation works along this section of the road.

We are working to:

  • stabilise the cliff face
  • widen the road
  • install drainage infrastructure.

Benefits to the community:

  • safer conditions for road users and cyclists
  • more reliable access for everyday travel and emergency services
  • fewer road closures due to rockfalls
  • greater resilience during natural disasters
  • reduced risk of sediment runoff into the Moruya River.

Environmental impacts:

We’ve prepared a Review of Environmental Factors to assess potential impacts related to the project's activities.

Image A falling rocks sign warns commuters along a winding road between a cliff and a body of water
The steep slope is prone to rockfalls impacting the road

Project updates

2025

  • In July, we set up the site to begin work.
  • In the first half of the year, we worked on the project design, as well as the investigations and assessments needed for the project.
  • We’ve arranged to transport the excavated material to an alternative site, where it will be repurposed for a road safety improvement project. The material will be used to widen the road shoulder along George Bass Drive, near the intersection with Burri Point Road in Guerilla Bay.

2023

  • In August, we received a grant to improve the site through the Infrastructure Betterment Fund.

2022

  • In June, disaster funding to repair the site was approved by Australian and NSW governments.

More information

For more information, please contact our Division Manager - Major Projects, Phil Oste: