PHOTO: Farmers will need to operate to the same standards as road repair contractors for the scheme to be viable.
Roads have captured the focus of conversations in rural NSW for the past two years, with faith in local, state and federal government to fix the current road network dropping by the day as the true scope of recent flood damage begins to emerge.
In western New South Wales, the push is growing to allow rural landholders repair public roads that pass by or through their properties.
In our patch the Warren and Coonamble Shires are leading the charge, with both moving towards the introduction of a ‘self-help scheme’ that could change how roads are maintained.
Coonamble Shire Council Mayor Tim Horan said that while it shouldn’t be a farmer’s responsibility to fix roads, it is becoming necessary…