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Roads at a glance


Orange City Council’s draft budget proposes to spend about $18 million on roads, bridges, footpaths and cycle ways during the next financial year.

Priority projects include a full rehabilitation and upgrade of Forest Road, from the Southern Feeder Road to Orange Health Service, an upgrade of Cargo Road, from Ploughman’s Lane to Whitton Place as well as an upgrade of Leeds Parade, from Margaret Street to the Northern Distributor Road.

The next stage of the Southern Feeder Road is also planned to go ahead with an allocation of $5.7 million.

The budget includes about $8 million worth of work that has been brought forward so the projects can be completed more quickly.

On top of the roads program, there is $320,000 put aside for footpath repair as well as the construction of new footpaths such as along the Escort Way.

The budget also proposes to spend an additional $1 million on footpaths over the next four years.

These likelihood of completion of these projects and the funding allocated for each project depends on a range of circumstances subject to change throughout the year, such as the availability of grant funding, availability of contractors, tenders and the weather.

The deadline for community comments and submissions is 6 June.

Community comment and submissions will be considered before the final budget plans is adopted at a council meeting on 13 June.

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The period for community consultation on the 2017 Draft Budget has concluded. A report on the community response was considered by staff and presented to the 13 June council meeting which adopted the final budget.