Jean Roser did not expect five star roads when she moved onto a rural block five years ago.
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But she did not think the road would “fall to pieces” a few years later.
A group of residents who live on Beasley Road, an offshoot of Edith Farms Road 40km north of Katherine, are fed up with their battered street.
They say it is not safe and needs to be sealed.
Ms Roser said she has contacted infrastructure minister Nicole Manison on multiple occasions, but nothing much has changed.
“They came out and graded it, but they just moved dirt from the side of the road back into the middle. It was better for about two weeks and then it was a mess again,” Ms Roser said.
“When I first moved here the road was great. Then they opened up Gundagai Road at the end of our street to transport hay off a property down there.
“Now there are two or three road trains going down the road everyday,” she said.
“I don’t have a problem with the property using the road, the government just should of made sure the infrastructure was in place to handle the road trains first.”
Ms Roser said about 30 people live on Beasley Road.
“People think well that is what you get for living out here, but no it is actually a safety issue. I mean the road out to our station was better than this one,” she said.
“They need to fix it, it is not safe at the moment. It would have been different if the road was like this when I bought here.
“I have missed two medical appointments this wet season because I could not leave my house,” Ms Roser said.
Another Beasley Road resident Barry Dwyer had heart surgery recently.
“What if Barry had a turn out here and we couldn’t get down the road?” Ms Roser said.
Mr Dwyer said the road used to be “fine” but now there is more traffic chugging along the disheveled road.
“It is a major problem for the people living out here,” Mr Dwyer said.
Neighbour Brett Lacy said man drive down the unsealed road it to access popular fishing spot Flat Rock.
“The problem is that there is a lot more traffic now and the road just can’t handle it,” Mr Lacy said.
“I have grown up in the bush so you sort of get used to not having the same services than people get in town, but we are paying the same rates and taxes.”
