No decision on money for 'dead end' village after two-month highway closure

A highway community that has no vehicles running through it warns businesses are becoming unviable as the New South Wales government decides on financial support. The Great Western Highway has been shut at Victoria Pass for more than two months since cracking and movement was detected in a convict-built bridge.

No decision on money for 'dead end' village after two-month highway closure. A highway community that has no vehicles running through it warns businesses are becoming unviable as the New South Wales government decides on financial support. The Great Western Highway has been shut at Victoria Pass for more than two months since cracking and movement was detected in a convict-built bridge. Cracking and movement along the Mitchell's Causeway prompted the 1830s bridge to be shut at the beginning of March. Shannon Kutz, who runs a power tool shop at Little Hartley, was one of about 100 Hartley Valley community members who packed into a small rural school hall on Thursday night to voice concerns. "My business relies on passing traffic, and locals, and now there's zero passing traffic so we're a dead end," Mr Kutz said. He also delivers 3,000 ton...