Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund (RERRF)

The Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund (RERRF) is supporting regional councils to continue vital repair and maintenance work needed following the devastating effects of severe weather and natural disasters. The RERRF will help regional councils to fix the damage and keep communities and industry connected and able to move to, from and through regional towns and centres across NSW.

Communities across NSW have been hard hit by the devastating effects of severe weather and natural disasters and the NSW road network has not yet fully recovered. Regional councils are still completing repairs to restore their Regional and Local road network.

The RERRF  supports councils across regional NSW to fix damaged roads and ensure the road network our regional communities rely on every day is dependable, smooth and safe. This fund will provide an additional $390 million to regional councils to continue vital repair and maintenance work and builds on the $280 million allocated to regional NSW councils through the Regional and Local Roads Repair Program (RLRRP).

Together these initiatives are providing $670 million in much needed funding for regional areas of NSW to recover from natural disasters and maintain an efficient, safe and reliable road network. 95 regional Local Government Areas (LGAs) are eligible to receive funding under this initiative with allocations based on the kilometres of Regional and Local roads managed in their LGA ($/km). 

The RERRF provides councils in regional NSW with the funds necessary to carry out priority repair and maintenance activities and immediate repair of potholes on their Local and Regional roads. Maintenance work may include heavy road patching, reshaping and smoothing unsealed roads, carrying out work to improve drainage from the road surface, rehabilitating sections of road and resurfacing work. 

Transport for NSW would like to invite regional councils to attend an online information session to learn more about the fund, guidelines and eligibility, payment details and reporting requirements.  Eligible councils are encouraged to register to attend one of the sessions. A recording will be distributed, for those who are unable to attend. 

Session 1 details 
Date: Thursday 28 September 2023 | Time: 11am (1 hour duration) 
Register:  register online 

Session 2 details 
Date: Tuesday 3 October 2023 | Time: 4pm (1 hour duration) 
Register:  register online