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Kimberley shires demand simpler disaster road funding process as flood costs loom

Record floods in the Kimberley have highlighted long-standing bureaucratic headaches and delays surrounding disaster road repairs that ultimately put driver safety at risk, two local shires have warned.

Every year, the region's dirt roads are pounded by wet season storms with local shires able to apply for federal and state disaster relief funding to undertake repairs.

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