Gravel roads severly impacted during Drought

With the Rural City of Wangaratta currently experiencing severe drought conditions, the ability of Council to maintain its gravel roads has been adversely impacted.

To enable effective gravel road maintenance, a certain degree of moisture is required within the gravel to achieve satisfactory levels of compaction and for the gravel material to coagulate/bond.

Attempts to carry out maintenance activities without moisture results in sub-standard road conditions and in the longer term is detriment to the road.

Unfortunately Council does not consider the use of water carts / trucks to be viable as this is both cost prohibitive and draws on what is already an extreme shortage of water.

Council will endeavour to resume all necessary routine road maintenance activities at the earliest opportunity, however should road conditions become hazardous in the interim, please contact Council's customer services team on (03) 5722 0888.

The Rural City of Wangaratta thanks residents for their patience during this period and takes this opportunity to urge all motorists to drive safely and according to road conditions.