As well as improving the quality of local roads, Orange City Council is working to improve the community’s understanding of how local roads are managed and how repairs happen.
There’s a common community perception that pot holes shouldn’t ever happen, and that when they do it’s a sign of badly-built road.
Both these views are wide of the mark, according to the crews who work on local roads every day.
A couple of years ago, last time it was as wet as this, Orange City Council was dealing with lots of pothole repairs.
The Council made a series of videos, telling the story from the point of view of the crews who repair pot holes in the streets of Orange.
This video (Clip 1 in a series of 7) reveals that pot holes are inevitable.