Adam Marshall fixing potholes across the region

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Additional $3.72 million to urgently fix potholes across the region

I was very pleased to announce this week an immediate $3.72 million shot-in-the-arm from the State Government to help the region’s beleaguered councils, which are struggling to keep on top of the growing number of potholes and damage on local roads.

With almost record rainfall being experienced across our region in the last 12-18 months – and two floods thrown in for the Moree district – our local roads have copped an absolute flogging are many are in a terrible condition. To make matters worse, the continued wet weather has hampered councils’ efforts to undertake any major repairs, instead just patching what they can until the next rain does more damage. This extra cash alone isn’t the panacea, but it is a welcome boost for our councils and their road crews, who trying to take advantage of the current dry period to complete as much repair work as they can.
Under the funding round, councils were allocated funding based on the size of their local road network:

• Armidale Regional               $265,448.66

• Glen Innes Severn               $395,357.10
• Gwydir Shire                         $709,204.63
• Inverell Shire                        $794,261.52
• Moree Plains Shire              $927,639.40
• Uralla Shire                           $316,306.28
• Walcha                                  $314,554.94

Total                                                      $3,722,772.53