Ensuring that people can travel safely and efficiently around the district is a primary Council function and expenditure on our transport infrastructure is therefore a significant part of our operating budget. That infrastructure consists of approximately 350 km of roads (excluding State Highways), about 40% of which are sealed. Traffic volumes over the entire network are comparatively light at between 130 and 140 vehicle movements a day.

Maintaining our roads costs some $1 million a year, with a further $700,000 being spent on improvements (resealing, seal extensions, shape correction etc). Looking into the future, seal extension dominates the district’s roading development plans, with some $1.9 million earmarked for investment between 2009 and 2016.

Other roading assets include 52 bridges, footpaths, cycleways and street lighting.