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Causeway for Concern: Residents Demand Action on 'Death Trap' After Flood Tragedy
Residents demand upgrades to Old North Road causeway after a fatal flood incident, citing decades of safety concerns and recent closures of nearly 20 roads during flash flooding.
- A 26-year-old woman died when floodwaters swept her car off the Black Creek causeway near Rothbury on August 2, 2025.
- This tragedy followed a sudden deluge that rapidly raised water levels, forcing closures on nearly twenty roads across the Cessnock local government area.
- Residents, including Sue McColl who owns a local function centre and moved there in 2018, have long urged council for safety upgrades like bridge construction, widening, sealing, and lighting on Old North Road.
- Ms. McColl described the flood flow as "like a small tsunami," calling the causeway a "death trap now, as it was then," while council announced an LGA-wide flood study to improve disaster response.
- The incident deeply shook the community and intensified calls for urgent infrastructure upgrades to ensure safer access and support Hunter Valley's tourism economy.
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