Road works

Project typeAnnual road works

Local councils are responsible for approximately 90 percent of the road network across New South Wales, playing a critical role in connecting communities and supporting local economies. Armidale Regional Council manages around 2,700 kilometres of roads throughout our region, ranging from urban streets and rural roads to key freight and transport routes.

With funding support from all levels of government, Council delivers a substantial program of road works each year to ensure this extensive network remains safe, reliable and fit for purpose. These works include everything from asphalt and concrete heavy patching and resurfacing through to major capital works programs designed to improve and maintain critical road infrastructure.

Through ongoing maintenance, targeted upgrades and long-term planning, Council is committed to improving road conditions and ensuring the safety and accessibility of our road network for all users, including residents, businesses, visitors and freight operators across the region.

Current works programs

Annual Heavy Patching schedule

Heavy patching is a heavy-duty road maintenance method used to repair significant pavement failure, such as deep potholes, rutting, or severe cracking. It involves excavating or milling the damaged asphalt and sub-base material, replacing it with new, hot asphalt, and compacting it to create a durable surface that extends the road's life.

Armidale Regional Council delivers an annual heavy patching schedule across the region. Below is a list of proposed heavy patching works for the 2025/26 financial year.

2025/26 Rural road heavy patching schedule

Road name	Length of patch (m)	Total area of work (m2)
Aberfoyle Road	103	463.5
Ben Lomond Road	295	888
Greenhils Road	171	684
Inn Road	130	510
Maybole Road	385	1732.50
Kelly's Plains Road	63	151
Lagoon Road	339	1964
Old Inverell Road	202	600
Booralong Road	305	1397
Lucas Lane		442
Wollomombi Village Road	54	277
Wards Mistake Road	179	856

Annual Roads To Recovery Funding Program 2025/2026 - $2.29 Million CFY

Council receives funding each year from the Federal Roads to Recovery program.

In the current budget year, the Roads To Recovery funding is being used to deliver a range of asset renewal and upgrades.

The program may change during the year due to things such as contractor availability or changing priorities.

These planned works currently include:

Road name	Description/location of work
Boorolong Road Causeway 1	Upgrade The Boorolong Road causeway 5.4km from Old Armidale Road
Boorolong Road Causeway 2	Upgrade the Boorolong Rodd 7.4km causeway from Old Armidale Road
Brennans Road Culvert	Brennans Road Culvert Upgrade *joint funding
Wongwinbinda Road resheet	Wongwinbinda Road *joint funding
Campions Road resheet	Campions Road resheet
Spring Camp Road resheet	Spring Camp Road
Old Gostwyck Road Railway crossing approaches	Works proposed are to widen the approaches from both sides and replace the existing road pavement and road surface *joint funding
Guyra Road Rehabilitation	Work proposed is to extend the culvert install, install new safety fencing, kurb and guttering around the corner and guardrail
Guyra Road reseal	Work proposed is bitumen resurfacing
Guyra Road - Guardrail barrier extension on Wandsworth Hill	Work proposed is to extend the barrier by 318m on the west side of Wandsworth Hill and relocate the mash terminal ends. *joint funding
Dumaresq Street - Douglas to Kennedy kurb and gutter	Work proposed is to replace 200m or the full block of kurb and guttering on the North side of Dumaresq Street
Dangar Street - Kentucky to Mossman kurb and gutter	Works proposed is to replace 82m of kurb and guttering on Dangar Street between Kentucky Street and Mossman Street intersections
Trim Street - Glass to O'dell Street kurb and gutter	Work proposed is the replacement of 115m of kurb and guttering on Trim Street between Glass Street and O'Dell Street intersections – joint funding*
Barney Street - Douglas to Taylor kurb and gutter	Work proposed is the replacement 45m of kurb and guttering on Barney Street (North side)

Asphalt concrete (AC) heavy patching schedule

Asphalt concrete (AC) heavy patching is a specialised, deep-repair technique used to rehabilitate severely damaged, deformed, or cracked sections of asphalt roads, commercial parking lots, or industrial pavements, often in areas subjected to heavy traffic loads.

Unlike simple pothole filling (surface patching), heavy patching requires cutting, removing, and replacing both the worn surface and often the underlying road base to restore structural integrity.

In the 2025/26 financial year, Armidale Regional Council will complete over 3500 square meters of AC heavy patching across the Armidale Region in both regional and rural areas. See below for a full list of proposed AC heavy patching works for this financial year.

2025/26 Rural Heavy Patching schedule

Road name	Location	Project location area	Length (m)	Width	Area (m2)
Moredun Street	From Bradley Street to Mckie Parkway	Guyra	17	7	119.0
Nincoola Street	From Boorolong Street to White Street	Guyra	11	6	66.0
Sandon Street	From Everett Street to Clarke Street	Guyra	4.0	4.5	18.0
Sandon Street	Green to Sobroan	Guyra	5	8	40.0
Sandon Street	Green to Sobroan	Guyra	8	5	40.0
Tenterden Street	From Ryanda Street to Malpas Street	Guyra	12	16	192.0
Gordon Street	Wendo to Maree	Armidale	40	2	80.0
Gordon Street	Chestnut to Mareee	Armidale	6	1	6.0
Douglas Street	Jeffery to Newton	Amidale	48	10	480.0
Claude Street	Grills to Elm Avenue	Armidale	17	3	51.0
Erskine Street (no 1)	Marsh Street to Taylor Street	Armidale	17.5	11.5	201.3
Erskine Street (no 2)	Marsh Street to Taylor Street	Armidale	52	4	208.8
Markham Street	Lambs Avenue to Railway Parade	Armidale	9	2.5	22.5
Moore Park Road	Uralla Road to Bundarra Road	Armidale	6	2	12.0
Niagara Street	Int of Niagara Streetand Mclennan Road	Armidale	7.5	2.7	20.3
Niagara Street	Tancredi Street to Donnelly Street	Armidale	5.6	2.2	12.3
Rusden Street	O'Dell Street to Ohio Street	Armidale	18	4.5	81.0
Rusden Street	Cnr of Taylor Street and Donnelly Street	Armidale	11	30	330.0
Barney Street	Allingham Street to Markham Street	Armidale	3.5	8	28.0
Bona Vista Road	Kellys Plains Road to Burgess Street	Armidale	3	4	12.0
Chapel Street	Mann Street to Brown Street	Armidale	3	3	9.0
Clarks Road	Madqwick Drive to Arts Road	Armidale	1.5	14	21.0
Clarks Road	Madqwick Drive to Arts Road	Armidale	40	3	120.0
Clarks Road	Madqwick Drive to Arts Road	Armidale	8	1	8.0
Clarks Road	Madqwick Drive to Arts Road	Armidale	4	2.5	10.0
Clarks Road	Madqwick Drive to Arts Road	Armidale	3	1.5	4.5
Claude Street	Grills Place to Elm Avenue	Armidale	17	2	51.0
Dale Crescent	End of Cul De Sac to Parry Street	Armidale	8	2	16.0
Dale Crescent	Parry Street	Armidale	8	2.5	20.0
Dangar Street	Newton Street	Armidale	12.5	16	200.0
Douglas Street	Jeffery Street to Newton Street	Armidale	48	10	480.0
Faulkner Street	Brown Street to Barney Street	Armidale	5.5	6.5	35.8
Markham Street	Kentucky Street to Hargrave Street	Armidale	5.7	6	34.2
Moredun Street	From Bradley Street to Mckie Pkwy	Guyra	17	7	119.0
Nincoola Street	From Booroolong Street to White Street	Guyra	11	6	66.0
Sandon Street	From Everett Street to Clarke Street	Guyra	4	4.5	18.0
Sandon Street	Green to Sobroan	Guyra	5	8	40.0
Sandon Street	Green to Sobroan	Guyra	8	5	40.0
Tenterden Street	From Ryanda Street to Malpas Street	Guyra	12	16	192.0
West Avenue	Markham Street to Butler Street	Armidale	5	6	30.0
West Avenue	Markham Street to Butler Street	Armidale	1.5	1.5	2.3
Gordon Street	Wendo Street to Maree	Armdiale	40	2	80.0
Gordon Street	Chestnut to Maree	Armidale	6	1	6.0
Jones Avenue	Simmons to Canambe	Armidale	10.5	11.5	120.8
Jones Avenue	Simmons to Canambe	Armidale	6	4	24
Jones Avenue	Simmons to Canambe	Armidale	6	8	48.0
Jones Avenue	Simmons to Canambe	Armidale	6	8	48.0
Perrott Street	Lynches to Caroline	Armidale	7	5.5	38.5
Perrott Street	Lynches to Caroline	Armidale	40	2	80.0
Perrott Street	Lynches to Caroline	Armidale	29	2	58.0
Perrott Street	Lynches to Caroline	Armidale	16	2.5	40.0
Memorial Avenue	Lynches to Lambs	Armidale	40	5	200.0
Northcott Street	Blake to Erskine	Armidale	28	5	140.0
West Avenue	Markham Street to Butler Street	Armidale	3.5	4	14.0
Boorolong Road	Toms Gully Bridge	Armidale	7.5	2	15.0
Boorolong Road	Toms Gully Bridge	Armidale	7.5	2	15.0
Boorolong Road	Abington Creek Bridge	Armidale	10	6	60.0
Boorolong Road	Abington Creek Bridge	Armidale	10	6	60.0
Glassers Road	Spring Creek Bridge Deck	Armidale	22	3.8	83.6
Kookabookra Road	Nowlands Creek Bridge	Armidale	3.66	1	3.7
Weirs Road	Pipeclay Gully Road	Armidale	4.5	2	9.0
Weirs Road	Pipeclay Gully Road	Armidale	4.5	2	9.0
			668.46	92.8	3596.50

Capital works programs

Capital works programs outline council’s planned investment in major infrastructure across the region. These programs focus on building, upgrading or renewing long‑term assets such as roads, bridges, buildings and public facilities.

Capital works projects are designed to improve services, extend the life of existing infrastructure and support the ongoing needs of the community. Unlike routine maintenance, these projects deliver long‑term benefits and help ensure essential infrastructure continues to meet current and future demand.

The Capital works program also includes those projects delivered under Transport for NSW's Roads to Recovery funding.

Major capital projects planned for the 2025/26 financial year:

Miller Street road rehabilitation - final completion
Ryanda Street road and drainage upgrades and footpath
Kentucky Street Gymnasium Carpark Rehabilitation and line marking
GPT Installation - Galloway Street
Boorolong Causeways
Jessie Street Kerb and Gutter (Rusden Street to Barney Street)

Programs delivered as capital works include:

Regional road - capital works
Road Safety Program - Various asphalt pedestrian crossing upgrades and line marking renewals
Urban and Rural Resealing Programs
Urban and Rural Heavy Patching
Gravel Resheeting
Kurb and Gutter Program
Cycleways Program
Road Culverts Program
Storm water Relining Program
Bus Stop upgrades *grant funded

Gravel resheeting program

Gravel resheeting involves applying a new layer of gravel, typically around 150 millimetres thick, to sections of unsealed roads. The material is then graded and compacted to restore the road surface and improve driving conditions.

Unsealed roads are prioritised for gravel resheeting based on a range of factors, including road condition, safety considerations, assessed gravel depth and levels of use.

Gravel roads generally require resheeting every 10 to 20 years, depending on gravel loss, traffic volumes and environmental conditions.

2025/26 Resheeting schedule

Becks Road
Black Lane
Campions Road
Enmore Station Road
Harveys Road
Inverness Road
Jerretts Road
Kilcoy Road
Mt Mitchell Road
Pinkett Road
Point Lookout Road
Pound Road
Reeves Road
Spring Camp Road
Warrane Road
Whans Road
Whites Road
Wongwibinda Road

Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund (RERRF) - Grant funded

Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund (RERRF) supports regional councils to continue vital repair and maintenance work following recent severe weather and natural disasters. Under the RERRF funding, councils can access grant funding for immediate repair of potholes on Local and Regional roads, heavy road patching, reshaping and smoothing unsealed roads, drainage and culverts, rehabilitating sections of road, and resurfacing work.

Proposed works until the end of 2026/27 financial year - $2.18 million in RERRF funding

Shoulder grading and table drain maintenance on identified sections of Guyra Road (11,588 linear meters)
Resurfacing of four sections of Guyra Road (42,110 linear meters)
Resurfacing of two local road sections
Bridge maintenance works on 1 regional road bridge structure
Bridge maintenance works on 30 local road bridge structures
Maintenance of 25.7 kilometres of local road drainage systems
Heavy patching of 4,211 square metres on sealed local rural roads abd associated bridge approaches

2024/2025 Completed Works - $2.47 Million in RERRF funding

Ben Lomond Road (Guyra Rural) – Drainage maintenance (8,000 linear metres)
Boorolong Road (Armidale Rural)
- Drainage maintenance between Red Gum Lane and Dumaresq Dam Road (2,240 linear metres)
- Drainage maintenance between Red Gum Lane and Dumaresq Dam Road (2,240 linear metres)
- Drainage maintenance between 10.4 km and the overhead rail bridge (1,800 linear metres)
- Heavy patching works (600 square metres)
Bundarra Road – Drainage maintenance (9,800 linear metres)
Castledoyle Road – Drainage maintenance (2,000 linear metres)
Falconer Road – Drainage maintenance (7,400 linear metres)
Kellys Plains Road – Drainage maintenance (2,200 linear metres)
Kempsey Road – Drainage maintenance including cleaning and inspection of 150 culverts
Long Swamp Road – Drainage maintenance from Seaton Street to 1km (6,000 linear metres)
Moredun Road – Drainage maintenance (6,400 linear metres)
Old Inverell Road – Drainage maintenance between Rowlands Road and McCarthy Road (3,000 linear metres)
Platform Road – Drainage maintenance between Kellys Plains Road and the railway line (940 linear metres)
Powers Creek Causeway – Causeway repair works
Puddledock Road – Heavy patching works (1,663 square metres)
Rockvale Road – Drainage maintenance between Stoney Ridge and Brookside Road, and extended locations (20,000 linear metres)
Seaton Street – Shoulder verge trial between Long Swamp Road and K&G
Tenterden Road – Heavy patching works at multiple locations totaling 1,480 sqaure meters

2023/2024 Completed Works – $1.97 Million in RERRF funding

Ben Lomond Road (Guyra Rural) – Drainage maintenance (8,000 linear metres)
Boorolong Road (Armidale Rural)

Drainage maintenance between Red Gum Lane and Dumaresq Dam Road (2,240 linear metres)
Drainage maintenance between Red Gum Lane and Dumaresq Dam Road (2,240 linear metres)
Drainage maintenance between 10.4 km and the overhead rail bridge (1,800 linear metres)
Heavy patching works (600 square metres)

Bundarra Road – Drainage maintenance (9,800 linear metres)
Castledoyle Road – Drainage maintenance (2,000 linear metres)
Falconer Road – Drainage maintenance (7,400 linear metres)
Kellys Plains Road – Drainage maintenance (2,200 linear metres)
Kempsey Road – Drainage maintenance including cleaning and inspection of 150 culverts
Long Swamp Road – Drainage maintenance from Seaton Street to 1km (6,000 linear metres)
Moredun Road – Drainage maintenance (6,400 linear metres)
Old Inverell Road – Drainage maintenance between Rowlands Road and McCarthy Road (3,000 linear metres)
Platform Road – Drainage maintenance between Kellys Plains Road and the railway line (940 linear metres)
Powers Creek Causeway – Causeway repair works
Puddledock Road – Heavy patching works (1,663 square metres)
Rockvale Road – Drainage maintenance between Stoney Ridge and Brookside Road, and extended locations (20,000 linear metres)
Seaton Street – Shoulder verge trial between Long Swamp Road and K&G
Tenterden Road – Heavy patching works at multiple locations totaling 1,480 sqaure meters

2022/23 Completed works – $1.39 Million in RERRF funding

Abercrombie Street – Heavy patching between Ollera Street and Wirunna Street (1,058 square metres)

Andersons Road – Heavy patching from Castledoyle Road to the end of the road (1,044 square metres)

Boorolong Street – Heavy patching between McKenzie Street and Nincoola Street (192 square metres)

Cluny Road – Heavy patching between Madgwick Road and Link Road (872 square metres)

Curtis Street – Heavy patching between Johnson Street and Simpson Street (296 square metres)

Everett Street – Heavy patching between Gate Street and Harding Street (1,056 square metres)

Falconer Road – Heavy patching (1,977.5 square metres)

Guyra Road – Drainage maintenance (24,000 linear metres)

Highlands Road – Heavy patching from Boorolong Road to the end of the road (120 square metres)

Lagoon Road – Heavy patching (802 square metres)

Moore Park Road – Heavy patching (240 square metres)

Nincoola Street – Heavy patching between Boorolong Street and White Street (169 square metres)

Old Armidale Road – Heavy patching (302.5 square metres)

Sandon Street – Heavy patching between Sobroan Street and Gardiner Road (201 square metres)

Starr Road – Heavy patching between Kooralbyn access and Pearson Street, and between Pearson Street and Sandon Street (total of 1,180 square metres)

Toms Gully Road – Heavy patching (825 square metres)

Rural road grading

Rural road grading is a maintenance process used to smooth and level unpaved or gravel roads, typically in rural areas. It involves the use of a motor grader, a large machine with a long blade, to reshape the road surface by redistributing gravel or dirt. The primary goal is to create a smooth driving surface, improve drainage, and prolong the road's lifespan.

May 2026 rural road grading program

Southern Grader

Metz Road
Sandon Road
Chinamans Gully Road
Old Hillgrove Road

Eastern Grader

Sections of Pounds Road
Sections of Point Lookout Road

Northern Grader

Patch grade and drainage
Pinkett Road
Aberfoyle Road
Nowlands Road

Western Grader

Patch grade and drainage
Pinkett Road
Aberfoyle Road
Nowlands Road

Urban and rural road resealing

Road resealing is an important part of maintaining sealed roads across the region. It helps seal small cracks and surface imperfections, improves skid resistance, and protects the underlying pavement from water damage. Over time, this process extends the life of the road surface and reduces the need for more costly repairs.

Road resealing involves spraying a layer of hot bitumen onto the existing pavement, followed by the application and rolling of uniformly sized stone aggregate to form a new wearing surface.

Annual road resealing program

Council delivers an annual road resealing program to help prolong the life of existing road surfaces and provide a renewed, watertight seal. During the works, traffic control will be in place while surface sweeping, bitumen spraying, and the spreading and rolling of aggregate is undertaken. Temporary access delays of up to 15 minutes may be experienced, and vehicles must not be parked on the street while works are underway. For urban resealing works, affected residents will be notified by letter drop prior to works commencing.

2025/26 road resealing program

Urban resealing 2026 | Armidale

Allingham Street (Kentucky to Lambs)
Amber Close (Golden Grove to end)
Atherton Street (Dalton to Robina)
Bailey Crescent (End to McIntosh)
Bellevue Road (Helen to Handel)
Belinda Place (End of cul‑de‑sac to Uralla Road)
Blake Street (Jackes to Glass)
Bower Place (End of cul‑de‑sac to Parry Street)
Brogan Street (Niagara to McIntosh)
Butler Street (Beardy to Dumaresq)
Chestnut Road (Old Glen Innes Road to end)
Chisholm Close (See to end)
Claude Street (Grills to Elm Avenue)
Conningdale Crescent (Martin to end of cul‑de‑sac)
Dangar Street (Newton to end)
Douglas Street (Jeffery Street to Newton)
Elliott Street
Elm Avenue (Madgwick to Dumaresq Creek)
Erin Court (Erin to Todd Close)
Erskine Street (Marsh to Taylor Street)
Finlayson Close (Yallambee to end)
FItler Close (Erskine to end)
Fitzgerald Avenue (Butler to Barney)
Golden Grove (Ash Tree Drive to Grandview Crescent)
Grantham Place (End of cul‑de‑sac to Ash Tree Drive)
Hamilton Crescent (End of cul‑de‑sac to Glass)
Harden Street (Crest Road to end of kerb)
Heagney Close (Parry to end)
Jeffery Street (Dangar to Jessie)
Jeffery Street (Faulkner to Dangar)
Jewell Avenue (Chapel to end of cul‑de‑sac)
Kildare Court (End of cul‑de‑sac to The Avenue)
Kilcoy Close (Conningdale to end)
Laurence Avenue (Donnelly to Jeffery)
Markham Street (Ross to Short)
Milson Place (Verna to end)
Mossman Street (Chapel to Kennedy)
Murtagh Close (Dale Crescent to end)
Nathanial Pidgeon Drive (Bona Vista to end)
Newton Street (Douglas to Taylor)
Nott Place (End to Pidgeon)
Park Road (End to Handel)
Perrotts Pit (Harvey Road to end)
Pointsfields Place (Conningdale to end)
Purkiss Street (Golgotha to end of cul‑de‑sac)
Reginald Avenue (End of cul‑de‑sac to Jessie)
Rosecommon Street (End to Boulevarde)
Ryan Avenue (McBean to end)
See Avenue (End of cul‑de‑sac to Parry Street)
Soudan Terrace (End of cul‑de‑sac to Galloway)
Stony Ridge Road (Highway)
Taylor Street (Dumaresq to Kirkbook Street)
The Avenue (The Avenue to Ross)
The Avenue (The Avenue to Winifred)
The Avenue (Winifred to Cunningham)
Todd Close (Kellys Plains Road)

Urban resealing | Guyra and wider townships

Abercrombie Streat (Ollera Street to Wirunna Street)
Elderberry (Ollera to Neilson)
Nincoola Street (Booroolong to White Street)
Nincoola Street (Bradley Street to Booroolong Street)
Russell Street (Hardinge Street to Sandon Street)
Vernon Street (Hardinge Street to Sandon Street)
White Street (Moore Street to Ollera)
Wirunna Street (Cul De Sac to Prisk)

Rural resealing | Armidale

Castledoyle Road (Anderson to Milne Road)
Heathersleigh Road (Platform Road)
Kellys Plains Road (Bonvista Road)
Puddledock Road (approx 10kms from Armidale
Rockvale Road (Pint Pot Bridge to Bakers Creek Bridge)

Rural resealing | Guyra

Ben Lomond Road
Junction Road (Tenterden)
Baldersleigh Road (Guyra Road to Mckie Pathhway)
Wards Mistakes Road

Waterfall Way road works

Waterfall Way is located in Northern NSW and extends 170 kilometers from the Pacific Highway at Raleigh to the New England Highway at Armidale. Since August 2022, the NSW Government have completed maintenance, safety and disaster recovery work including:

Bridge maintenance at Allans Water and Coutts Water
Installation of new slow vehicle turn out lanes and pavement improvement work
Detailed design for permanent disaster recovery work at slopes between Thora and Sherrard Falls

Temporary traffic changes on Waterfall Way will be in place while works continue along Waterfall Way. Visit the Transport for NSW website to stay up to date on Waterfall Way works.

Project updates | Transport NSW

Contact details

Armidale Regional Council

1300 136 833

council@armidale.nsw.gov.au