The sun returned after a very wet week in early May, bringing with it that old bugbear: potholes. As always, we deployed our crews to get stuck into the local road repairs as fast as possible.
You will remember though, potholes on the Princes Highway are the responsibility of Transport for NSW. Rest assured Council keeps in regular contact with them to monitor particularly nasty spots.
Our crews continue repairs on the busiest local roads with cold mix shoveled directly into the hole to fix them up. We keep records of these temporary fixes so we can prioritise more permanent works.
So far in this financial year, we've fixed more than 3,500 potholes and completed more than 34,000 sqm of heavy patching. That's about five full football fields of repairs in less than 12 months.
Unfortunately, potholes remain an ongoing problem for every shire in the country, not just Eurobodalla. Our best advice is to drive to the conditions you have on the road, not the conditions you want. It could save you a very expensive trip to the tyre shop (or worse).
- This story was first published in Council's quarterly newsletter for residents, Living in Eurobodalla. A printed edition is delivered to Eurobodalla's 26,000 households.
