FILLING THE GAP

State funding accelerates road repairs in the Clarence Valley

In February the NSW Government allocated $4,152,833 to help accelerate ongoing efforts to restore the flood-ravaged road network across the Clarence Valley Local Government Area (LGA).

The funding was part of a $500 million state-wide Regional and Local Roads Repair Program. It came on the back of $850,000 in late 2022 under the Fixing Local Roads Pothole Repair Program, which has already been used to fix several trouble spots including Woodford Dale Road and Lower Coldstream Road.

The LGA has faced six natural disaster declaration events since August 2019, including the February/March 2022 severe weather and flood event. Continued rain through to November 2022 exacerbated damage, making it unaffordable for local government to cover the total repair cost without government assistance, and since 2019 the NSW Government has now committed a total of $56,918,468 towards fixing local roads.

The response since the events in February/March 2022 has been enormous and well above the normal rate of activity. More than 20 contractor crews are working daily in addition to usual staff resources of four heavy patching and four pothole patching crews to maintain

175,000 the extensive 2,523km road network.

Approximately 175,000m2 of pavement failures have been repaired. Upwards of 300,000m2 of additional pavement failures valued at approximately $30 million require repairs on local roads, and 125,000m2 (approx. $15 million) on regional roads.

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In addition to four heavy patching and four pothole crews, an additional 20 contracted crews are working to support road repair.

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BEFORE

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:

14 BRIDGES REPLACED AND OPEN TO TRAFFIC

7 BRIDGES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

15 BRIDGES IN THE PLANNING PHASE