By Raquel Mustillo
NEGLIGENCE, rainfall and lack of maintenance has left a number of State Government roads littered with potholes, prompting a Limestone Coast council to issue an urgent demand to fix the dangerous defects before a fatal crash occurs.
Motorists along a number of key roads – including the Princes Highway, Southern Ports Highway, Mount Burr Road and Millicent-Penola Road – are being forced to plough vehicles through rapidly expanding potholes, with dozens of drivers reporting flat tires and damaged rims.
At last week’s meeting, Wattle Range Council voted to write a letter to Infrastructure and Transport Minister Corey Wingard asking for repairs to be undertaken to the Princes Highway between Millicent and Mount Gambier after the state of the road was labelled “horrific” by a senior executive officer.