Some $6.5 million will be put towards repairing local roads after severe weather events caused “shocking” damage.
Although the intense wet weather may have slowed down for now, residents in the Cumberland Council area still face a bumpy road ahead as they continue to dodge dangerous potholes.
To help improve road quality, Cumberland Council has agreed to allocate additional funds from the Infrastructure Reserve to undertake road pavement repairs.
The decision comes after two high impact wet weather events earlier this year rocked the Cumberland Local Government Area (LGA).
Voicing concerns for the safety of those who drive on these damaged roads, Deputy Mayor Suman Saha supported the additional funding to help fix local roads.
“These road conditions also pose as a safety risk and high-cost to the road users,” he said.
“To ensure that our residents have access to good quality roads without safety hazards and that Council doesn’t have to spend significantly more to bring the conditions of these roads to a satisfactory level we need to invest now.”
For Councillor Eddy Sarkis, the current state of the roads in the Cumberland Council area is the poorest he’s seen in nearly two decades.
“Our roads, currently, are the worst I’ve seen them in the last 18 years I’ve been on Council,” he said.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.