Fox Road · Rosebank · NSW
A community record of road degradation on Fox Road.
Fox Road is an unsealed dirt road. It is graded only every 18 months at best — often considerably longer — and within weeks of each grade deep potholes reform in the same places. In several stretches the failures span the full width of the road, leaving drivers nowhere to steer around them. These are not random failures: certain sections are structurally undermined, so every grading is a cosmetic reset on top of a problem that needs proper engineering attention.
As of May 2026, our local mail driver has informed residents he can no longer deliver to Fox and Maso Roads because of the road condition — a tangible measure of how far things have slipped.
Pothole strikes routinely cause buckled rims, blown tyres, bent suspension components and cracked alloy wheels. A single severe hit can run into thousands of dollars in repairs — costs residents are bearing privately while the road remains unrepaired.
Drivers swerve across the road to dodge holes, putting cyclists, pedestrians and oncoming traffic at risk. After rain the holes fill with water and become invisible. Loose gravel adds a second hazard. Motorcyclists are especially exposed: a missed pothole can mean a serious crash.
Vehicles slow to walking pace through the worst stretches. Emergency services, delivery vans and school buses all share this road. Each grading restores access only briefly before the same sections fail again.
The worst potholes return in the exact same locations every cycle, often within weeks of grading — evidence that the road's underlying base has failed in those spots. No amount of surface grading will fix this. Documenting each cycle here builds the case for proper sub-base reconstruction.
We, the undersigned, call on Lismore City Council to act on the dangerous condition of Fox Road. Specifically: