Over 1,000 sites still need to be repaired in the Warrumbungle Shire some two years after flood waters ripped apart roads all over the region.

Warrumbungle Shire Council documents show that there are 1701 defects approved for funding for the November 2021 event and 80 defects for the September 2022 event.

To date, the amount of $10,582,454 has been approved for restoration and works are still being carried out.

But the final repair bill could be twice that amount.

"The Australian Government and the NSW Government through the jointly funded Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) recognised that in 2021 and 2022 the Warrumbungle Local Government Area (LGA) was hit by multiple flooding events, declaring them as natural disasters and providing funding to repair the affected road network" the council said in a statement.

“Council has now obtained $10.57M in funding for the 2021 Natural Disaster event and repair works are in full swing with a lot of noticeable improvements," Mayor Doolan explained.

Road crews have been focusing their time on the Flood Damage repair program to make a dent in these defects and get our road network repaired in a timely manner."

Major damage on roads like this at Johns Crossing in 2022 have sent the recovery bill soaring.

“Council has submitted further funding applications for the 2022 Natural Disaster events bringing the total claim for these Natural Disaster events to almost $7.4M, and once that funding is obtained further works will be scheduled.”

The are 10 roads which remain partially closed or significantly changed in the shire since the 2021 and 2022 floods.

Of the $10m so far spent, more than $7m has gone on repairing unsealed roads.

The next lot of works to be completed are at:

• Lambing Hill Road
• Dapper Road
• Diehm Road
• Danabar Road
• Upper Laheys Creek Road
• Lincoln Road
• Brooklyn Road

"Council has engaged contractors, Rollers Australia and Rigour Excavations, under the Casual Plant Hire Contract to supply unsealed road maintenance crews to assist with the Natural Disaster Restoration Works. Both contractors have been with Council since August 2023" council documents show.

The council says it also submitted applications for Local Government Recovery grants for Coolah Rising and the Neible Siding Box Culvert.