Central Coast councillors have endorsed an increase of $20M in Council’s planned capital investment on road renewal to help improve the network condition and support its long-term sustainability.
It currently plans to invest $395.4M on road renewal over the next 10 years, with the extra $20M to be added to the four year Delivery Program and next year’s (2025-26) Operational Plan.
The Operational Plan will go on public exhibition in May and will return to a Council meeting for adoption.
Council is also working on a new interactive website map to show its 10 Year Road Renewal plans.
Road renewal works include resurfacing and rehabilitation, providing long-term solutions as part of the full life cycle of road maintenance and management.
Council’s Director Infrastructure and Services Boris Bolgoff said maintaining a road network of over 2,200km was no small feat, which is why the largest percentage of Council’s budget and resources is allocated to roads.
Council’s road network is valued at about $2B.
The network comprises: 180 kilometres of Regional Roads, 443 kilometres of high traffic Distributor or Collector Roads and 1,627 kilometres of lower traffic local roads.
Other State Roads, which are the region’s main road network, are managed by Transport for NSW.
In July 2024, Council completed a full road condition survey and an independent pavement review to ensure road renewals were planned and prioritised using industry best practices.
Councillors gathered community feedback on which roads needed to be prioritised for renewal through online surveys, door knocking and a review of customer and maintenance enquiries.
Nominated projects were then verified by technical staff for suitability.
Councillors recently participated in workshops to shape the final program, ensuring it aligns with community priorities and technical criteria – including asset condition, road safety and traffic volumes, as well as other major projects being delivered by Council, developers or Transport for NSW.
Bolgoff said community feedback had been loud and clear that the community wants to be kept up-to-date on progress being made on road renewal works.
“In response to that, we are also developing a new interactive online map which the community can access to see detail of scheduled road renewal works for each year over the coming 10 years,” he said.
“This initiative, available from 1 July 2025, will provide increased transparency to the community about what is being done during the Road Renewal Program.”
For more information on this project, go to: www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/road-renewal-program
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