Road maintenance for rural councils points to ongoing woes

By Alex Ford
July 27 2019 - 7:00pm
Work: Rural roads need ongoing maintenance, but rural councils often have more roads and less people to pay for them than others. Picture: Kate Healy
Work: Rural roads need ongoing maintenance, but rural councils often have more roads and less people to pay for them than others. Picture: Kate Healy

It's never fun - driving home out in the sticks at night, and while keeping watch for the roos, you feel the jolt and hear the bump and scrape as you run over a hidden pothole.

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