Hills Mayor Announces Largest Road Maintenance Budget

Hill Shire Council has approved its largest road maintenance and renewals budget.  With a third consecutive La Niña, it has been a very wet few years – and all across NSW, this is causing a deterioration in the quality of the road network.

The Council’s road asset maintenance and renewal budget has been increased by an additional $2.4m to tackle the number of potholes brought on by the record-breaking wet weather.

Pothole repair requests have almost tripled since prior to the La Niña. In 2019, Council received 1680 requests to fix potholes and this has grown to 4783 requests in 2022, with two months in the year still to go.

If you see a pothole, please report them to Council via the ‘Report it to Council’ section of their website https://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/…/Report-Request-to…

“I would like to once again thank our residents for reporting potholes and I would also like to thank our crews and contractors who have been working flat out to serve our residents.” said Mayor Gangemi.

Roads that have received additional funding this week, beyond the amounts already scheduled for this financial year are as follows:

– $750,000 for Halcrows Road, Glenorie

– $464,000 for Pitt Town Road, Kenthurst

– $394,000 for Withers Road, North Kellyville

– $180,000 for Diana Avenue, Kellyville

– $111,000 for Macquarie Avenue, Kellyville

– $103,000 for Box Road, Box Hill

– $90,000 for Balmoral Road, Kellyville

– $89,000 for Harrington Avenue, Kellyville

– $60,000 for Maguires Road, Maraylya

– $48,000 for Palace Road, Baulkham Hills

– $46,000 for Maple Street, Dural

– $46,000 for Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills

– $45,000 for Hyde Avenue and Sylvan Grove, Glenhaven

– $20,000 for Barry Road and Stringer Road, North Kellyville