PHOTO: In September 2021 Dubbo MP Dugald Saunders said the transfer of regional roads like the Narromine to Tomingley Road would ‘ease the burden on local councils’.
It’s been nearly four years since the NSW Government announced in the lead up to the 2019 state election that up to 15,000 kilometres of council owned roads would be returned to State Government to better manage and maintain the rural road network.
The Government said it was “part of a broader package of support for local councils to better manage and maintain the rural road network”.
In September 2021, the independent panel appointed by the Government released its report into potential road transfers across regional NSW…