Crumbling Roads Australia

First attempt at this page/concept not quite fit for purpose. I've left it up because I think I've got a plan b. I just need to find some time to iron out a few kinks.

Submissions trickling in thank you.
You can see them mapped here.
If you're wondering where this is heading, have a scroll through the rest of this timeline.
Questions and input welcome.

Crumbling Roads Australia - Google My Maps This map is intended as a crowd sourced, publicly available illustration of the magnitude of the damage to our rural and regional road network and the urgent need for strategic investment by multiple levels of government. It is not intended as a accurate record of individual issues or shortcomings o...

You don't have to spend a lot of time driving on rural and regional roads in this country to realise there's a big problem.
There has been evidence of a structural problem with our road maintenance that goes well beyond individual administrations for some time, but now it feels like what we're seeing is a large-scale failure happening in real-time.
I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling frustrated and angry but what can we all actually do?
Well, there are a few other options that I'll detail below, but this page is an attempt to address the specific issue of highlighting the sheer scale of the problem and avoiding the risk of a "silos of responsibility" type thinking that I would suggest is partly responsible for us ending up in this situation in the first place.
I am hoping to do this by crowd-sourcing road damage locations, details and images from around Australia and making them all publicly available on one map.
I am 100% sure individual administrations (councils and state authorities,) have a fair amount of knowledge of their own problems, but that doesn't easily add up to the kind of big-picture thinking that will be needed to start addressing this nationally. It also means that us, the voting public, can't access any meaningful picture of the scale of the problem or apply the pressure in a knowledgeable way to our elected representatives across all 3 of the levels of government that will need to collaborate to get anywhere with a problem of this scale.
So, don't get angry..... (or actually maybe do get angry)..... but let's get constructive with that anger and find ways to send meaningful messages to our leaders.
Please click on one of the links in this timeline or the "Contact Us" button at the top to start sharing the potholes etc that are driving you mad as you drive about the nation.
https://forms.gle/Axa8Q6YURGw7JB8p9
We deserve a fit-for-purpose, safe road network.
What this is not going to be.
- a comprehensive or entirely accurate record of all problems.
- a chance to bash individual administrations. (The problem is bigger than any one of them, let's try and be constructive.)
Other options.
For an individual problem that needs attention, I've found the Snap Send Solve app useful.
Write to the federal senate committee currently taking submissions on this very topic. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Regional_Development_Infrastructure_and_Transport
Write to your local state or federal member or local government representative politely refusing to be fobbed off by who's responsibility is what specific road and asking for big picture solutions.
Rant Over.
Like and share this page and submit locations, and let's see if we can take this somewhere useful.
Cheers
Bob the Beardie

Submit Road Damage (Quick) The information you submit will be added to a publicly available Google map and spreadsheet. No login or identifiers required. To submit a response including relevant images please go to the following link. (Requires google account.) Submit (With Images.)

To upload images as well as location I've created a slightly longer version of the submission form here.
Photos will be great for telling the story, but this version does require a google account.
(Email addresses are anonymous but your user name may appear in the image details.)

Google Forms: Sign-in Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=18KTh4Ppf8Gt5usPyE5pIxENeDyvZPw8&usp=sharing

Crumbling Roads Australia - Google My Maps This map is intended as a crowd sourced, publicly available illustration of the magnitude of the damage to our rural and regional road network and the urgent need for strategic investment by multiple levels of government. It is not intended as a accurate record of individual issues or shortcomings o...

This page is attempting to build a crowd sourced, publicly available map of the magnitude of the damage to our rural and regional road network across Australia and demonstrate the urgent need for strategic investment by multiple levels of government.
It is not intended as an accurate record of individual issues or shortcomings of individual administrations.
Click this link or Contact Us button to submit locations.

Submit Road Damage (Quick) The information you submit will be added to a publicly available Google map and spreadsheet. No login or identifiers required. To submit a response including relevant images please go to the following link. (Requires google account.) Submit (With Images.)