Councillors will be asked at Monday night's meeting to approve the acquisition of licences to access land along Farrer Road to widen the thoroughfare by 10 metres.

Wagga Ratepayers Association chief Lynne Bodell said the boom of new housing on and around Farrer Road had created more traffic.

"It's long overdue for an upgrade," she said.

"With the boom in new housing out there and the expansion of Charles Sturt University, it's just a road that is desperately crying out for it.

"I know during the byelection that people had been really pushing out there to make it one of the things to take it up; hopefully the councillors have heard their call."

The front entrance for Charles Sturt University's Wagga Campus is close to Farrer Road, as is the Calvary Community Care Riverina aged care residence.

The Riverina Anglican College, which has about 650 students and 80 staff members, also uses Farrer Road and numerous houses are under construction at its western end intersection with Coolamon Road.

Riverina Anglican College and Calvary Community Care were unable to comment prior to publication.

If the next stage of the project is approved, the council will seek land access licences for six properties owned or controlled by Charles Sturt University, TAFE NSW Primary Industries Centre and NSW Skills Minister John Barilaro, Essential Energy and Riverina Local Land Services.

"Costs associated with the licence agreements are estimated at $5,000 in total, and will be funded from within the Farrer Road widening and reconstruction project budget," corporate services director Natalie Te Pohe reported to councillors.

The report also warned councillors that the caretaker period for the NSW government ahead of a general election on March 23 could delay some of the licences.

"Failure to obtain consents for access licences may delay commencement of the project," the report stated.

Ms Bodell said she had yet to hear from road users about the widening proposal.

"It's certainly in the right direction because we need to get people safely out of CSU and housing there is growing exponentially," she said.

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