Congo Road north has been closed since November 2021. Photo: Supplied.

Concerned residents recently addressed Eurobodalla Shire Council’s public access session about the Congo Road north closure , particularly as bushfire season nears.

Currently Congo residents only have one road in and out.

Bingie Residents Association president Gillianne Tedder said the Congo Bingie area is heavily forested and therefore bushfire prone. As summer approaches the importance of reinstating access along Congo Road north becomes urgent.

“This is not an academic exercise for us. It’s potentially a matter of life or death,” Ms Tedder said at the meeting.

“There were two routes in and out of our area and now there’s only one,” she said. “It’s directly opposite the recommendations made by the bushfire roya

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