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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Madeline Link

$50 million for road repairs a 'drop in the pothole', says Hunter mayor

A pothole on Chinchen Street at Islington. Wet weather has caused significant damage to local roads across the Hunter. Picture by Marina Neil.

"A LITERAL drop in the pothole" is how Cessnock mayor Jay Suvaal has described the state government's $50 million kitty to fix local roads.

Local councils have struggled to keep up with patch-ups after heavy rains left crater-like potholes and a mountain of repair bills in their wake.

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