Singleton Shire Council has accepted a $27.5 million deal over the sale of Wallaby Scrub Rd to Yancoal.
The sale will allow for the expansion of the Mount Thorley coal mine into the town of Bulga.
Residents have been protesting the sale of the road for over nine years and are calling upon the NSW Government not to allow the sale.
The mine expansion will impact the community by closing almost six kilometres of the 11 kilometre road from the Putty Road intersection.
Mount Thorley coal mine will expand further into the towns of Bulga and Milbrodale.
The road closure will add a further 10 kilometres onto the route to bypass the coal mine for the 1100 people who use Wallaby Scrub Rd every day.
Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association spokesperson John Krey says "the town will lose its ability to survive.
"It will become a mining town, the noise, the dust and the visual impacts will be so great that people won't be able to live there."
Mr Krey says the residents of Bulga and surrounding areas, including Singleton, are outraged by the government's process to sell the mine to a Chinese-owned company.
"With council rolling over to the demands of the mining company by selling it, it doesn't help saving a heritage road or the village of Bulga," says Mr Krey.
The assocation has approached lawyers for advice on action to appeal the sale.
