She had spoke with the Argus two weeks earlier and was fed up with the state of the two roads, which were covered in large pot holes which forced drivers to swerve to avoid damaging their cars.

Ms Campbell had narrowly avoided having a head on collision with another car and had fears “someone would eventually be killed”.

The two roads were graded and rolled but Ms Campbell said her problem will quickly return.

“It will only stay that way until the first shower hits the road,” Ms Campbell said.

“After one day of rain it will be near impossible to drive along and we will be back to square one.”

She believes the council should look at a solution to fixing the road long term.

“They need to put bitchumen on the road so that the road is maintained for a longer period of time,” she said.

“The start of the road has it and there is rarely an issue. It would be great if it was like that the whole way.

“It would me more expensive to do now but if it stops them from having to continue to fix it then it will be more financial over the years.

“At least the roads are finally fixed, but their is no drainage on the sides.”

Ms Campbell spent her childhood living on Rainbow Reach Rd until she moved to Kempsey for 46 years. She returned three years ago and said the road had worsened.

“Years ago they would grade the road four times a year, now they only do it once,” Ms Campbell said.

She resides with her sister-in-law Margaret Henshaw, who has lived on Rainbow Reach Rd for 52 years.

The road first began to deteriorate in March and Ms Campbell had voiced her concerns with council more than a dozen times.

“I don’t believe you have to fight for months for something to happen,” she said.

Council’s Manager of Engineering Works, Tony Green said roads are inspected on a routine basis.

“Council inspects all of the gravel roads in the shire on a six-week cycle with roads graded or re-sheeted on risk based needs in order of priority.”