A Wahgunyah businessman has queried how bridges initially shut as part the Victoria-NSW border closure and then re-opened couldn't happen in his town.
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Service station and newsagent owner Craig Bromley said Wahgunyah was suffering as the result of the John Foord Bridge closing nearly a week ago.
"There have been bridges up and down the river which re-opened after originally being closed," he said.
"The populations of those areas are way smaller than the 1100 people who live here.
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"We've got people who walk across the bridge because they don't own cars.
"It has now been shut six days and we've heard nothing yet.
"But the two bridges at Tooleybuc and Tintaldra re-opened within 24 hours.
"How can their representatives have so much pull and we've got this bridge still shut?"
Indigo Shire mayor Jenny O'Connor is aware of the concerns being raised in Waahgunyah.
"We understand the importance of the bridge in connecting residents to Corowa for school, shopping and other necessities and that many people walk across the bridge, especially those that don't have a car," she said.
"The CEO (Trevor Ierino) and I have written to both the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet and Victorian Department of Transport requesting the NSW government re-open the John Foord Bridge to community access, even if just for a limited range of hours on a daily basis.
"We want to assure Wahgunyah residents that we are advocating strongly on their behalf and will continue to do so for as long as necessary".
NSW cross border commissioner James McTavish has played down the chances of the bridge re-opening to pedestrians with police resources required at the checkpoint set up on the Federation Bridge.
Mr Bromley said as a compromise the bridge could be opened during daylight hours and closed between 8pm to 5am.
