Preservation of existing unsealed gravel roads can be an economical and effective alternative to:

    Frequent grading maintenance intervention.

    Frequent gravel resheeting.

    Full construction of a sealed road.

The required intervention levels and timing of maintenance intervention resource may not be sufficient to protect Councils duty of care to provide safe roads.

Local gravel pits are becoming increasingly a scarce resource.

Resheeting only with single pit local gravel materials may not be a lasting solution.