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Council has over 469 kilometres of sealed roads to maintain and funds an annual renewal program to resurface a small proportion of this urban and rural network. This program was predominately developed by reviewing the condition and age of sections of road, but also for improved amenity within the streetscape.
As a road surface ages, the bitumen within it becomes brittle and can crack or lose its ability to hold onto the stone aggregate surface. This leads to water penetrating the underlying structure of the road which can cause more major failures like potholes. So, whilst your road or street might look to be in serviceable condition, by the time of resurfacing it is likely reaching this point of brittleness and may soon begin to fail. Most sealed roads are resurfaced once every 15-25 years, varying according to a wide variety of factors.
These works were completed over a three week period in April 2024.
Click here to see the road segments shortlisted for the 2023/24 program