Residents of Tarana are concerned about the state of Hazelgrove Road, stating that the maintenance of the road needs to be improved.
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Resident Di Fletcher said she has had four flat tyres in the past month due to the state of the road.
"Due to the stones sticking out I have had four flat tyres in four weeks, and one of those happened on a Friday and then the following Monday," she said.
"It's downright dangerous, someone is going to die or get badly injured one day and we don't want it to come to that."
Ms Fletcher said that getting a flat tyre on the way to work should not be happening.
"I can't keep coming into work late due to a flat tyre which could be preventable if something was done to fix the road," she said.
"I drive carefully and don't have bald tyres so this shouldn't be happening."
The road is only a part of the Lithgow’s council area for six kilometres, the rest belongs to the Oberon council.
"There are creeks across it in several places so when that dries up the stones are ridiculous," she said.
Resident Graham Fletcher said he had been trying to get Lithgow council to do maintenance to Hazelgrove Road for a long time.
"This section of road is on the end of Lithgow’s boundary and does not have a lot of residents which does not help my cause," he said.
Mr Fletcher, deputy captain of the Tarana Fire Brigade, said there have been a lot of crashes on the road.
"Every time we get a call about a crash on that road, I just think we don't need that," he said.
Lithgow City Council's director of infrastructure services Jonathon Edgecombe said that council was aware of Hazelgrove Road's ongoing issues.
"The road requires frequent maintenance which is why it is part of the 2019-20 draft operational plan to seal the road," he said.
According to Mr Edgecombe, the road would cost roughly $900,000 for the Lithgow section of the road and would be subject to a council resolution in May or June.
"The sealing would include vegetation, reshaping, reconstruction, draining," he said.
"This would reduce the ongoing maintenance costs and be very beneficial to both residents and council."
In the meantime council approached contractors to grade the length of the road starting February 26.
"Our resources are booked up elsewhere but we have contractors that will start on that date and will continue to maintain the road," he said.
Mr Fletcher recently received notice of this work and said at least there was some light at the end of the tunnel.