Farmers, freight and councils call for road network rebuild after months of flooding

Severe flooding has left thousands of kilometres of roads across the country impassable. (Supplied: GrainGrowers)

A new roads alliance says a $5.5 billion investment into Australia’s rural road network is needed to help put downward pressure on grocery prices and support regional economies.

In the past 12 months, the Rural Roads Alliance says there have been 23 flood events and 429 flood declarations across 277 local government areas nationally.