This is a grant program providing funding to assist local councils across NSW with urgent road repairs across their networks, which have been significantly impacted by severe flooding, storm damage and persistent wet weather events during 2022.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: $500,000,000
- Application opened: 11 January 2023
- Application closed: 20 January 2023, 11:59 pm
Program objective
The RLRRP is a Transport for NSW grant program, providing funding to assist local councils across NSW with urgent road repairs, priority corrective maintenance works and repair of potholes on Local and Regional roads.
Local and Regional Roads are council managed roads and are two of the three administrative classifications used in NSW (refer to Appendix A for further information):
- Local Roads
- Regional Roads
- State Roads
The grant funding was made available to eligible councils and authorities to undertake priority maintenance works and immediate repairs on their Local and Regional roads.
The grant funding was made available to eligible councils and authorities based on the total of kilometres of the Local and Regional road network managed in their Local Government area ($/km).
This program is administered by Transport for NSW.
Eligibility
Every council and local authority in NSW (excluding State Government Agencies) responsible for managing the Local and Regional road network was entitled to apply for funding, provided that the following minimum criteria is met.
Works must meet one of the following:
- Implemented within 12 months of signing the funding deed; or
- Completed and open to traffic before 29 February 2024.
- Work must be completed on Local Roads and Regional Roads only.
- Council must be able to provide details of length of road network to Transport for NSW.
- Council must be able to report on expenditure* and ability to deliver ‘value for money’.
- Council must be able to measure and report on tangible deliverables and outcomes for the community to Transport for NSW.
*It is expected reporting will only need to be on a quarterly basis via the same processes in place for other Transport for NSW programs, see ‘Reporting Requirements’.
Who can apply
The RLRRP was made available to all 128 NSW councils and the two eligible entities - the Unincorporated Far West and the Lord Howe Island Board. Please refer to the program guidelines for further information.
Types of projects funded under this grant
The RLRRP is a Transport for NSW grant program, providing funding to assist local councils across NSW with urgent road repairs, priority corrective maintenance works and repair of potholes on Local and Regional roads.
Local and Regional Roads are council managed roads and are two of the three administrative classifications used in NSW (refer to Appendix A for further information):
- Local Roads
- Regional Roads
- State Roads
The grant funding was made available to eligible councils and authorities to undertake priority maintenance works and immediate repairs on their Local and Regional roads.
The grant funding was made available to eligible councils and authorities based on the total of kilometres of the Local and Regional road network managed in their Local Government area ($/km).
What can’t you apply for
The RLRRP was established in response to the wet weather and flooding impacts on the Regional and Local Road network–it therefore does not cover planned or scheduled asset renewals.
Asset renewals are defined as those works which return the road asset to its “as-new” condition and in doing so extend the design life of the asset. Renewals include resealing and wider scale rehabilitation of the road corridor (see above).
Asset upgrades go beyond renewals by creating new assets or significantly enhancing the asset in place. Such as widening of the carriageway, drainage system upgrades, sealing un-sealed shoulders, sealing gravel roads, building kerb and gutter, and footpaths. Any repairs or maintenance work to bridges are not covered under the RLRRP, except for culvert rehabilitation and clearing.
Example projects
See the Program Guidelines on the Regional and Local Roads Repair Program web page.
What your application needs to include
Councils could apply for funding by making a submission through the SmartyGrants portal. The submission was a simple form to capture key details including:
- Total length (in kilometres) of the Local and Regional road network within the LGA**
- The benefits the funding will realise for the community and road users.
Councils only needed to submit one application for all proposed work. Submissions were lodged via the SmartyGrants portal at the following link: www.transport.nsw.gov.au/RLRRP
Submissions were open between 11 January 2023 and 20 January 2023.
**The NSW Local Grants Commission maintains an up-to-date table for all Local Road length data for NSW Councils. For Regional road lengths Councils can simply reference the data submitted in their most recent Regional Road Block Grant reporting schedule(s).
Start the application
Submissions for this grant have now closed. Submissions were open between 11 January 2023 and 20 January 2023.
After the application is submitted
Each submission was assessed to ensure the minimum criteria is met. Funding allocations were determined based on the number of applications received, total Local and Regional road network within each Local Government Area (LGA) and the program funding availability. Councils received notification of successful funding via a letter and funding deed that will need to be signed and returned to Transport for NSW
Support and contact
Questions about the RLRRP, including eligibility and the application process, can be emailed to RLRRP@transport.nsw.gov.au