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Roads and tracks we've built.
Rural driveways, remote haul roads, and access tracks.
Driveway and path formation, rural access clearing and re-sheeting in Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains. small quiet upper-mountains village, heritage accommodation and character homes. The steepest driveways in the region. Heavy sandstone, narrow lots, difficult access. Every driveway job needs drainage planned first or the roadbase washes straight down the hill.
Owner-operated by Jesse Madden. Grader, excavator and roller for formation work. Roadbase supply and spread. $20M public liability.
Jesse walks every driveway before quoting. Drainage, fall, rock — all scoped before a number goes on paper.
Blue Mountains driveways are steep, narrow and often cut into sandstone. Re-sheeting after rain is constant. Proper drainage — cross-drains, table drains, water bars — is the difference between a driveway that lasts and one that washes out every storm. The steepest driveways in the region. Heavy sandstone, narrow lots, difficult access. Every driveway job needs drainage planned first or the roadbase washes straight down the hill.
Cross-drains, water bars, mitre drains, culverts — we cut drainage into every driveway so water moves off the surface fast, not down it.
Roadbase laid in layers and plate-compacted. Not a truckload dumped and raked flat — that rides for a month then potholes.
Most Kurrajong driveways hit sandstone shelf somewhere. Hydraulic breaker on the 8t and 14t handles it without calling in a second contractor.
Roadbase works for most rural driveways. Deco looks better but costs more. We tell you what's right for your slope and budget — no up-sell.
Benching, switchbacks, retainers where needed. Grades that a work ute, a removal van and an RFS truck can all handle.
Defined driveways quoted fixed. Hourly with a cap where there's unknown rock. You know the ceiling before we start.
Kerb to house pad. Benching, drainage, sheeting, compaction, finish to your surface of choice.
Tired driveway brought back — regrade the shape, drop fresh roadbase, compact and re-fall.
Polypipe and concrete culverts, headwalls, cross-drains. The expensive-sounding bit that saves the driveway.
Back-of-block tracks to sheds, dams, orchards, paddocks. Narrower than a driveway, still properly drained.
Temporary construction roads. Laid, graded and maintained while your project runs; rehabilitated at the end.
Foot paths between house, shed and garden. Cleared, benched and sheeted for all-weather walking.
Emergency washout repair after heavy rain. Cross-drain installed at the same time so it stops happening.
The first 10 metres — kerb cut, culvert, apron. Coordinated with council for approvals where needed.
Rural driveways, remote haul roads, and access tracks.
Walk the route, check fall, drainage, soil, rock, power and water services.
Quote within 24h — materials, drainage, machine time, disposal, any crossover work.
Excavator shapes the alignment and fall. Rock broken where it crosses the route.
Culverts, cross-drains, mitre drains and water bars installed before sheeting.
Roadbase laid in layers, plate-compacted. Top-up runs if the surface settles.
Final grade, walk-through, photo record. Ready to drive.
From the road kerb through to the house pad — benching, drainage, culverts, compacted roadbase, and whatever final surface you want.
Almost always a drainage problem, not a surface one. Re-sheeting alone won't last. We regrade, cut drainage, then sheet — it stops scouring.
Depends on length, grade, drainage, and rock. Short flat driveways: day's work on a 5.5-tonne. Long sloping driveways with culverts and rock-breaking: weeks. Hourly from $120/hr ex GST.
Yes — and it's cheaper. Same mobilisation, same tippers. One contractor, one fixed price.
Yes — concrete and polypipe. Trench, lay, bed, backfill and compact. Crossover approvals coordinated with council on the main-road end.
Compacted roadbase for most rural driveways — hard, sheds water, easy to maintain. Recycled concrete (Deco) looks better but costs more. Sealed driveways we prep for a sealer.
All the time — it's most of what we do. Benching, retainers, water management, rock-breaking. Home patch.
Yes — temporary construction haul roads, laid, graded, maintained while the project runs, rehabilitated at the end.
Usually yes — blade it back to shape, fresh roadbase across low spots, re-compact. We'll tell you honestly if it's too far gone for that.
Built with drainage first, compacted properly, graded right. Call Jesse for a free site walk.
Everything Madden Earthworks offers in Medlow Bath and Blue Mountains.
Medlow Bath (2780) is a small quiet upper-mountains village, heritage accommodation and character homes in the Blue Mountains LGA. The typical ground conditions here are undulating sandstone, cool-climate, bushland-fringed.
The steepest driveways in the region. Heavy sandstone, narrow lots, difficult access. Every driveway job needs drainage planned first or the roadbase washes straight down the hill.
We also service nearby Katoomba, Blackheath, Leura for driveway and path clearing. Same operator, same rates — call Jesse for a site walk.