Three months without local access to fuel has been a tough gig for Trangie residents, meaning a round trip of up to 70kilometres for fuel.

Even though a new petrol station is now in sight, Narromine Shire Council Mayor, Craig Davies has blasted the long-winded process to get to this point.

He discussed the issue at length with Ray Hadley on Sydney's radio 2GB this week.

"It's just driven me absolutely nuts to have a period of 18 months go by before they could actually get their act together and transfer the lease," Mr Davies said.

The fuel station closed on December 4th last year when Ampol left town with no explanation, despite last year reporting a record national operating profit of $1.3 billion.

"As it was the station was an eyesore," Mr Davies said. "It was neglected and rundown and worst of all is at the entrance of the town."

Despite concerns the town would be without fuel in the lead-up to Christmas and harvest, Inland Petroleum announced it was taking over the site and building a new station.

Residents were told they would be without fuel for 10 days while a temporary site was put in place.

Mr Davies said there had been plenty of notice for government to have other supply in place.

"Ampol decided not to renew the lease, but the process leading up to the closure went on for 18 months. I called all parties involved and even suggested weekly zoom meetings to move things along and avoid this situation, but no-one was interested," he said.

"Having no fuel over summer is an insult for Trangie residents. We have people along the highway that need fuel, not to mention at the time of closure, farmers were going into harvest . Plus the town needed to have vehicles prepared for fire season. Some of our elderly residents only drive around the local area, where were they supposed to get fuel from?"

On radio, Mr Davies told Mr Hadley that the NSW Planning Act was "hopeless."

"Those things that happen in Trangie are deemed to be the same as things that happen in Double Bay or Bondi. It is a completely different world," he said.

Most frustrating, Mr Davies said, is that the new operators, Inland Petroleum were made to lodge three development approvals and three traffic management plans on a site where the useage has not changed in 50 years.

"These extra costs are totally unnecessary," he said.

The new fuel station is due to be up and running by Easter.