Potholes seem to be appearing like mushrooms overnight as the rains keep falling.
It’s a topic that has dominated our conversations for the past couple of months, so many of us have whinged about it, letters have been written, and social media even has dedicated pages for potholes.
Hopefully there will be some improvement with the NSW Government’s announced of a $50 million investment to help regional and rural councils fix the increasing number of potholes brought on by this year’s extreme wet weather.
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the funding was available to help every regional council across the state to carry out emergency repairs and would fix roughly more than 420,000 potholes on their roads.
“NSW has had more than its fair share of natural disasters and extreme weather and it’s promising to see that more than 135,000 potholes have been repaired on State roads in regional NSW since February.”
However, plenty more potholes still require attention, particularly on council-managed roads, which is why our government is putting more money on the table for councils to repair potholes on the roads regional communities use every day.
“This additional support will help ease the pressure local councils are facing and boost the resources they can draw upon to repair their most damaged roads to improve safety and reduce wear and tear on vehicles.”
Funding under the Fixing Local Roads Pothole Repair Round is available to 95 regional councils and authorities to help repair potholes on regional and local roads. Work must be completed by 1st January 2024.
Applications for funding are open for two weeks with funding announced in November so councils can begin work as soon as possible.