Member for Murray Adrian Piccoli has announced funding of $110,000 from the NSW government’s fixing country roads program will be given to council. 

The money will be used to assess bridges and culverts for higher mass limits and road trains in different areas within the shire. 

This will include Brobenah Hall Road, Vance Road, Collinroobie Road, Koonadan Road, Murrami Road and possibly others. 

A consultant will be employed to do the work, which council director of engineering and technical services Barry Heins, said was something many would be pleased about. 

“We do continually have requests from transport operators and farmers regarding their roads and having them classified as being suitable for heavy vehicles,” he said. 

“These assessments will allow us to determine what loads these roads can handle and the different combinations (of heavy vehicles) that would be able to use them.”

Council is of the belief that giving these vehicles the “okay” through the proper channels would have benefits not just to those directly involved, but it would also be of economic value to the shire. 

“It means farmers and transport companies can get their products out where they need to be,” he said. 

“It is pleasing to have this funding be announced for Leeton shire.”

Mr Piccoli said the government’s fixing country roads program was vital. 

Leeton’s funding will be allocated under round two of the initiative. 

“The NSW government is investing in infrastructure right across NSW,” Mr Picoli said.

“It’s great to see communities in the Murray electorate benefitting from programs like fixing country roads.

“Assessing the bridges and culverts for higher mass limits is important to be able to identify the infrastructure needed to assist the movement of heavy freight around the local government area.”