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Riverina council repairs 40-metre pothole created during 2022 flood disaster

A Hay Shire Council worker surveys a massive washout on the Booligal-Gunbar Road.   (Supplied: Greg Stewart)

A council in western New South Wales has just finished repairing a pothole so big, workers had to build a dam, pump out thousands of litres of water and remove fish and crustaceans in order to repair it.

The 40-metre long and 15-metre wide chasm was carved out around a culvert on the Booligal-Gunbar Road in the Hay Shire Council area during last year's prolonged flood emergency.

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