Wednesday, 14. July 2004

Dirt road campaign bites the dust


At a time when most country people are bombarding their council with requests to seal their local road, one group has just lost its battle to keep its road a gravel one.

Some of the residents of O'Connell, halfway between Bathurst and Oberon in central west New South Wales, wanted their seven kilometres of Bloomhill Road to remain gravel as they say it adds to the charm and historic nature of the area.

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