But before any works to widen and improve the increasingly busy road can begin, a gas pipe must be moved, substantially adding to the cost, Councillor Greg Conkey said.

Cr Conkey said a roads maintenance backlog was a major concern for council.

He said the council could easily spend $120 million in the next 12 months and still not fix all of the maintenance issues.

However, he said an upgrade of Farrer Road, which links Booroma Street and Coolamon Road and provides access to The Riverina Anglican College, was an issue he had raised with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

“TRAC students have even raised the issue with me. It is difficult to get in and out of their car park. We need to look at widening Farrer Road and improving it,” Cr Conkey said.

Wagga taxi drivers Tony Auld and Clay Wilson said Cr Conkey’s assessment of Farrer Road was right, but they had plenty of other maintenance issues around the city that they could add to the list of planned repairs.

Mr Auld praised the recent resurfacing of Urana Street and said he would like to see similar work completed on Bourke and Docker streets.

They said repair work was also needed on Wagga’s other busy spots, like Dobney Avenue and Kooringal Road.

But, Mr Auld said it is not just the road surface that causes problems, with some streets becoming increasingly hard to navigate because of more traffic.

“McKell Avenue, for example, should have parking on only one side,” he said.

This street, Mr Auld said, was particularly busy because of nearby Mount Austin Public School, he said.

The NSW Premier was in Wagga on Monday for the official launch of Services NSW in the old RMS building in Fox Street.

Ms Berejiklian said she had already had a roads “wishlist” from Cr Conkey, and from Julia Ham, the Liberal candidate in the upcoming Wagga byelection.

“I’m especially interested in opportunities where that infrastructure will bring more jobs to the local area,” she said.

“We know how much infrastructure goes towards having people relocate head offices here, starting businesses here. For us, supporting business is important because that means jobs.”