The local government has 1200 kilometres of sealed roads and an unsealed network of 1100 kilometres to maintain.

Wagga council's operations director Warren Faulkner admitted they had been "behind the eight-ball" when it came making sure that the road network was kept in peak condition.

"Certainly on the unsealed network I think we keep up with better than the sealed network," he said.

"We might have to look at rejigging that money so to speak ... we haven't been smart with the way we have done it."

Resident Ellee Stedman said the pothole issue in the city was out of control, especially along Hammond and Dobney avenues.

"Even this morning, I drove through this massive one," she told The Daily Advertiser on Friday.

"It's a bit of a joke.

"It can cause wear and tear on your tyres, and it can also make driving on the roads incredibly dangerous."

Mr Faulkner said during the drought, minimal rain on the roads means less pressure on the network, but a recent pattern of heavy weather has exposed some weaknesses.

"That tests out the integrity of the road and is showing we have been caught out with not doing the proactive maintenance such as crack-sealing," he said.

"We are behind the eight-ball, we acknowledge that, but we are looking to work on that."

Mr Faulkner said they would look at how better to spend money on roads in the next budget process. He added that this year they are resealing about 32 kilometres when they should be doing about 70.

"So we are looking to rejig our how we spend our dollars, so we are focused on proactive, preventative maintenance of our road network," he said.

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Ms Stedman wants to see roads fixed quicker and with long-term solutions rather than just filling over the hole.

"It just seems like a waste of money," she said.

Council has recently patched potholes on Old Narrandera Road, and Mr Faulkner said they will be looking to do more works in the near future.

"We certainly focus on those higher priority roads such as Lake Albert Road, Bomen Road and things like that immediately following rains," he said.

Mr Faulkner said they have funding to upgrade some of the roads that are riddled with potholes.

"There is $2 million in funding to repair Kooringal Road this year, $4.8 million for Lake Albert to continue the works we are doing there," he said.

"We also have about $600,000 for Old Narrandera Road between Pine Gully Road and Olympic Highway ... so certainly in the next financial year we will see works for that.

"We are also applying for more funding through Fixing Local Roads and Fixing Country Roads to upgrade our roads."

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