• How we maintain sealed roads

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    Maintaining sealed roads

    Lismore City Council is responsible for 1200km of roads – 780km of sealed roads and 420km of gravel roads. Other roads in Lismore are the responsibility of Roads and Maritime Services. These include the major arterial roads such as the Bruxner Highway and Bangalow Road.



    A sealed road refers to a road that has been formed using surface treatments such as bitumen, concrete or asphalt. Therefore it has been permanently ‘sealed’ using these materials. Council generally uses bitumen on its sealed roads.

    To read more about how Council maintains its sealed roads, download our Fact Sheet.

  • How we maintain gravel roads

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    Maintaing unsealed (gravel) roads

    Gravel roads make up 420km of our road network. They need continual grading, drain clearing and the addition of gravel in order to stay in good condition.

    Typically, our gravel roads were constructed many years ago as a result of the increasing demand from local farming and agriculture, and were not built with future traffic demands in mind.

    There are a number of other factors that influence the overall performance of gravel roads: quantity and quality of gravel used in building the road, rainfall, drainage, quality of causeways and volume of heavy vehicle usage.

    If you want to find out more about how we maintain gravel roads, download our Fact Sheet.

  • How we fix potholes

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    What causes a pothole?

    Heavy traffic or natural ageing causes cracks in the pavement. Rainwater seeps through these cracks into the base material beneath.

    The vibration of traffic causes the wet base material to settle or shift, forming a cavity. With nothing under it for support, the pavement will weaken further and ultimately cave in.


    To find out more about how we fix potholes, download our Fact Sheet.