Two more road reconstruction sites were sealed last week, 1.8km on Christys Road and 0.5km on Valetta Westerfield Road.

Contractors have been working on a number of roading projects around the district and the rehabilitation of Christys Road and Valetta Westerfield Road is costing around $500,000, which is a quarter of Council’s annual rehabilitation budget. The total budget allows approximately 8 km of rehabilitation to be completed for the year.

Both road sections had potholes and pavement failures on up to 30 per cent of the total seal area. The reconstruction will result in only minor routine maintenance and reseals over the next 20 years.

It is acknowledged there are other sections of the network also in need of heavy maintenance and rehabilitation and these will be attended to when funding allows, but made as safe as possible by patching to try to hold them until then.

Infrastructure Services Group Manager Neil McCann said the work on Christys Road and Valetta Westerfield Road had been carried out over the past couple of months, the traditional time for roading repairs with the warmer, drier weather over the summer and early autumn months.

“The aim was to deal with problem areas and make the roads safer. These roads should only require surfacing in the coming years, now that this work has been completed.”