Over $70 million will be spent in road works and repairs by the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council which will include repairs, reseals, resheeting and regular rehabilitation.
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The local roads in the region have been impacted since 2019 after natural disasters such as drought, fire and floods struck.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Mayor, Cr Tim Overall said he was extremely pleased to announce more than $47 million has been committed to the repair of local roads affected by the 2019-20 bushfires and two significant recent flood events in the past nine months.
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"Council receives a lot of representations from members of the community in regard to the roads they drive on every day and their desires to see them improved," he said.
"Council also shares those aspirations to have great roads, but with more than 900km of sealed roads and more than 750km of unsealed roads in our local region, funding and resources are often stretched fairly thin, especially while responding to disasters.
"But we are extremely pleased to announce that more than $47 million has been committed by government for disaster recovery in our local area and that funding will help repair an extensive list of roads across the region, primarily around Bungendore and Braidwood and surrounds."
The disaster funding is in addition to $10 million committed by the NSW Government for upgrades to Captains Flat Road and $7.2 million for Nerriga Road which has already had around $30 million committed to continuing upgrades.
Meanwhile, over $7 million has been allocated in upcoming local bridge projects and around $3 million in routine road reseals, rehabilitation and maintenance.
"I was very pleased to see the Federal Government Budget include an additional $1b investment to go to Phase 3 of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program to further support local councils deliver priority projects. We look forward to being able to access some of those funds to allow us to provide the roads our community deserve," the Mayor added.
The grading schedule, grading policy and full list of disaster funded road repairs is available here.
The Draft 2021-22 Operational Plan which includes all of the projects and activities that council intends delivering or commencing in the next financial year is currently open for community comment here. Comments close on June 7, 2021.
