Horsham Rural City Council is using federal government disaster relief funding to tackle the enormous task of fixing rural roads impacted by last year's Spring Floods.
Council has reported more than 1,700 flood-related defects across the municipality.
Chief Executive Officer Sunil Bhalla said fixing flood-damaged roads was a high priority so that residents, farmers and businesses could return to their normal travel routines as soon as possible.
"We are going through an arduous task of applying for funding for each and every defect. That includes supplying about 12,000 before and after photos," Mr Bhalla said.
"Some of our applications have already been approved and we are seeing works happening now in rural areas south of Horsham," he said.
Residents can log on to Council's website to see a map-based list of every defect on every road that has been earmarked for repair and track its progress.
A mixture of contractors and HRCC depot crews are currently working in the Jallumba and Mockinya areas.
More roads will be fixed as funding applications for each package of defects is reviewed and approved.
An additional Council meeting has been scheduled next week so that contracts can be awarded for another package of works.
"Our contractors have a big job ahead of them but we are well advanced with the scoping of works and bundling of works packages ready for roll out," Mr Bhalla said.
"The nature of disaster funding means that we can't rush in and complete the works ourselves.
"There's a detailed process that needs to be followed and we are committed to getting as much external money as we can to help our own budget go much further," he said.
While these state and federally funded emergency works are underway, Council's ongoing road construction and maintenance activities, as part of the Capital Works Program, will continue.
