According to the NRMA, Shoalhaven City Council needs to repair more than $43 million dollars worth of road in order to make them safe and to a satisfactory standard. 

Frustrated by the poor quality of the region’s roads, residents have spoken out about which roads need the most work. 

Grizz Adams, a Parma resident, had huge concerns about the safety of Hames Road, worrying that it could be the cause of future fatalities. 

“Ditches and corrugations in [the] dirt road means it’s not safe at any speed,” he said. 

“Somebody will have an accident or a fatality before anything gets done.”

Mr Adams said the poor road surface often caused dust and debris to fly through the air. 

“Dust blows into our water tanks daily, yes [it’s] the only drinking water we have.”

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Sanctuary Point resident Gareth Jones raised concerns about the quality of roads in his suburb, which have long been a point of community dissatisfaction. 

“Most of Sanctuary Point’s roads have seriously bad defects but the worst would be Larmer Avenue from the Wool Road to the hardware store,” he said. 

Unsurprisingly, Meroo Road at Bomaderry was also voted one of the worst by Shoalhaven residents, as was, Jervis Bay Road, Journal Street, Nowra, Currarong Road and Jasmine Drive, Bomaderry. 

According to Shoalhaven Council’s 2018 Satisfaction Survey, one of the main issues for residents was the maintenance of roads. 

Major themes raised by respondents was the number of potholes on the region’s roads, the lengthy time of repairs and poor quality work. 

One residents described local sealed roads as “terrible” while another said council was “wasting money on poor quality road repairs”. 

Other residents complained several roads were ruining their cars, with rocks and debris ruining tyres. 

A council spokesperson said council was aware of community concerns about the current road situation, and funding had been allocated to improve them. 

“Our budget and long term financial plan contains an additional amount of $6.7M over the next 10 years that was included through last year’s Special Rate Variation application, and specifically allocated to roads maintenance,” they said. 

“This is on top of an additional $58.4M for Roads and Transport Renewals that was also part of council’s Special Rate Variation application and is now contained in our financial planning.”