BY IAN CROUCH
The state government has announced a $50 million dollar fund to allow councils to fix potholes.
Regional Roads and Transport Minister Sam Farraway and Local Government Minister Wendy Tuckerman will visit Lovedale on Tuesday morning to announce the new Fixing Local Roads Pothole Repair Round.
Councils across the Hunter have been struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing cost of repairing local roads in the wake of recent extreme weather.
Across the state, councils have so far fixed 135,000 potholes and the new funds will help to repair a further 420,000.
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| Hunter Councils have been coping with a huge backlog in pothole repairs due to recent flooding and bad weather. Picture Port Stephens Council. |
