Brewarrina Shire Council’s road network spans more than 1,700 kilometres. Some roads are unsealed and only suitable for travel in dry weather. All unsealed roads in the shire are closed in wet weather.

For any enquiries regarding the Road Closure Report please contact Council’s Technical Services Department on 02 6830 5100 or email council at breshire@brewarrina.nsw.gov.au

Brewarrina Shire Council’s Road Network map can be found here: Bre_RoadMap

Please ensure to check surrounding Road Condition Reports as our unsealed road network connects with other Shires.

Bourke Shire Council

Bogan Shire Council

Walgett Shire Council

Cobar Shire Council

For up-to-date information on flooding, accidents, roadwork, or road closures in NSW, visit the Live Traffic NSW website.

Roads Network 

Council is responsible for a sealed and unsealed road network of over 1,700 km across the region. To protect and prolong the life or our roads, Council works with a number of organisations including Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) whilst managing regular maintenance programs.

The road network within the Shire boundaries fall into one of the following categories:

• State Highways
• Regional Roads
• Local Roads
• Access or Spur Roads
• Urban Streets

State Highways

These are principal roads which connect the various parts of New South Wales. Council has the following two state highways:

Council is responsible for the maintenance of both Kamilaroi Highway (SH29) (Bourke Rd to the West and Walgett Rd to the East) and Arthur Hall VC Way (MR70) (Coolabah Rd to the South); the work is funded through TfNSW. All the state highways within the Shire are sealed.

Regional Roads

These roads supplement the TfNSW state highway network and link the various regions between Brewarrina and neighbouring Shires. Council has the following regional roads which vary in surface type:

The maintenance and upgrade for regional roads are funded by TfNSW block grant.

Local Roads

These roads include the Council’s public network located in rural areas outside shire townships. The majority of the local network is formed and is only accessible in dry weather. Council has made progress to gravel key links with the local network to provide all weather access, such as Narran Lake Rd, Twin Rivers Road, and the Goodooga – Brenda Rd.

The funding for the local network is provided by the Commonwealth – Road to Recovery program (R2R) and the State Financial Assistance Grant (FAG).

Access or Spur Roads

Spur roads provide access to private properties. Council policy No. ENG4/1 states:

“Brewarrina Shire Council will assist with the cost of maintaining roads known as access or spur roads to parcels of land within Brewarrina Shire to which this policy applies, by maintenance grading at no cost to the landholder, of these roads up to the boundary of the last separately owned landholding from time to time as considered necessary, when Council’s earth moving plant is in the vicinity. The maximum contribution to be made will be one grading in any twelve-month period.”

Spur roads include:

Urban Streets

Council has two main towns within the Shire, Brewarrina and Goodooga, with three smaller settlements, Gongolgon, Weilmoringle and New Angledool. Most of the streets in Brewarrina and Goodooga are sealed.

In addition to the urban streets, Brewarrina and Goodooga include laneways behind the houses; these are used to accommodate utility services.