The partial closures of major NSW freight routes such as the Sturt Highway, and others across Victoria's road network, are creating delivery delays for supermarkets that are expected to continue.
Traffic that would usually travel from Sydney to Adelaide on the Sturt Highway is now being detoured onto local roads than run thorough towns like Coolamon, west of Wagga Wagga.Coolamon Shire Council general manager Tony Donoghue said the increase of heavy vehicles on local roads came as they were damaged by previous wet weather.
"There is damage already and there will be, depending on how long this lasts, further damage," he said. "[The Sturt and Newell highways] are built and designed to take quite large and heavy vehicles so our local and regional roads don't suffer that level of impact." Mr Donoghue said the council would be seeking compensation from the state government for the impact of increased traffic on their roads.
"We will seek their help in making sure that we can keep the road infrastructure up to its needed task over the next couple of weeks, and also to repair the damage that will cause," he said.
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