Motorists across the Coogee, Maroubra, Sydney and Vaucluse area will be driving on better roads, following a major investment by the Perrottet Government in repairing roads damaged by unprecedented rain.
Liberal Candidate for Coogee Kylie von Muenster, Maroubra's Bill Burst, Sydney's Phyllisse Stanton and Vaucluse's Kellie Sloane welcomed funding for councils to allow immediate repairs on local roads.
“This funding will deliver immediate benefits for local motorists, tourists and freight industry for safer and more reliable journeys,” Dr von Muenster said.
“The new funding from the Perrottet Government is in addition to $25 million provided to councils across the state last year and the $1.5 billion spent annually on road maintenance of state roads," Mr Burst said.
“The Perrottet Government is helping our motorists move forward, due to its strong economic management that allows it to deliver support for our families, businesses and councils," Ms Stanton said.
"These are the roads that connect communities together as locals go about their lives raising familes, getting to work and travelling to school. It's vital they are maintained with funding like this from the Perrottet Liberal Team," Ms Sloane.
Minister for Metropolitan Roads Natalie Ward said thirty-five metropolitan councils will share $220 million in funding.
“We have listened to the call from Councils for help to deal with the backlog of road damage caused by repeated weather events over the last 12 months,” Mrs Ward said.
“Through this funding, councils can act now on urgent road and pothole repairs, as well as protect against reoccurring challenges through the use of technology such as cold mix.
“These works are in addition to the work our crews carry out on state roads, with more than 22,500 potholes repaired and more than one million square metres of road re-sheeted on Sydney state roads in the past 12 months.”
The $220 million is part of the $500 million Regional and Local Road Repair Program and is in addition to $25 million made available last year for flood-affected councils and the $1.5 billion spent annually by the NSW Government on maintenance of state roads.
Funding is shared between the thirty-five state councils based on the proportion of overall roads managed within Metropolitan areas in NSW.