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Hannah Seligman, Lecturer in Municipal Services and Public Works Engineering, University of Southern Queensland

Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads

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Australia has one of the world’s longest road networks, covering almost 900,000 kilometres. More than 80% of it is rural or remote.

It was hard and expensive enough to maintain this network before climate change began causing havoc. But the job of roadworkers, engineers and transport departments is getting much harder. As many drivers know, roads are suffering. Potholes are everywhere.

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