Thousands of new homes could be built in the Kiama area with work to repair the old Bombo quarry site expected to go ahead.

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The quarry west of the Princes Motorway ceased operations in 2014 after supplying ballast and road base since 1947.

In 2023 owner Boral announced the 46-hectare quarry site was surplus to the business's requirements and it had began working with Transport for NSW to develop a future for the site as residential or commercial.

Part of that required filling the site with earth, which led to a State

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