Central Coast Council is expected to receive a share of a $500M package announced this week by the State Government to help metropolitan and regional councils tackle the mammoth task of repairing the state’s road network, following months of extreme weather events.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the new Regional and Local Roads Repair program would provide even more support for councils to continue to carry out urgent repair work to ensure people stay connected and safe.
“We have listened to councils and we understand the pressure they are under from many months of wet weather,” he said,.
“This funding boost will help councils continue the huge job of bringing roads back up to scratch to keep our state moving.
“We are making sure our roads are in the best nick possible so NSW families, truckies, farmers and tradies can travel around our state safely.
“We recognise potholes are a major hazard right now.
“This critical funding injection will help every council across the state patch up potholes as well as carry out other emergency repair work.”
Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole said the road network had been battered, with hundreds of thousands of potholes opening up across the state and some roads washed away by landslips.
“Families who hit the road during Christmas would have seen firsthand the scale of the damage caused by last year’s flooding and rain,” he said.
“This $500Mn boost is on top of the $50M already provided by the Government to help regional councils carry out emergency pothole repairs.
“We always said there would be more support on the way and today we are delivering on that.
“Since the February floods we have repaired more than 170,000 potholes across regional NSW alone.
“This additional funding will help repair hundreds of thousands more, right across the state.”
Minister for Metropolitan Roads Natalie Ward said the government was working closely with local councils to provide more funding for road repairs and new technology to fix potholes faster.
“Following the heavy rainfall and floods we provided early access to flood recovery funding for impacted councils and this additional funding … is to make sure councils can complete those vital repairs,” Ward said.
“On state-owned roads across Greater Sydney, the equivalent of standard football fields 139 times over have been repaired already and this latest funding will mean the potholes on your local street can be repaired by councils.
“In addition, we are trialling new ways to fix potholes faster with a rapid sealing ‘cold mix’ product roads and investing in technology that finds pot holes before they find you through using vehicles to track and prioritise repairs across our roads.”
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the funding will start landing in councils’ bank accounts within weeks so work can begin right away.
Funding under the $500M Regional and Local Roads Repair Program is available to Local Government areas in both Greater Sydney and Regional NSW.
Repair work must be carried out by December 31.
Source:
Media release, Jan 3
NSW Government
yes, I am wondering if CCC will reimburse the $1600 it has just cost to repair my rim & tyre damaged in Erina area