Regional roads in dire state as Australian councils made to waste money on grants tribute signs: report
by Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporte from World news | The Guardian on (#6GAE9)
Grattan Institute says Australia's regional roads are a dangerous disgrace' due to paltry federal funding
Regional Australian roads have become a dangerous disgrace", according to a new report that warns they will get worse due to paltry funding that favours cities and forces poorer regional councils to waste repair money erecting signs in tribute to government grants.
In a new report on the state of local roads, the Grattan Institute has found that roads across the country have become riddled with potholes and other hazards because inadequate federal and state government funding has left councils under resourced and without sufficient knowledge or data to maintain the roads they're responsible for.
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