Damaged or Unserviceable Driveways
The City of Darwin provides maintenance to more than 20,568 driveways. As part of our regular maintenance programs, there is an ongoing Driveway Capital Upgrade program to provide standard, reinforced concrete driveways, along with irrigation conduits under the footpath to your property boundary.
If you are concerned about the serviceability of your driveway, you can request an inspection.
Driveways that are assessed to be more than 50% damaged will be replaced at Council's cost. If they are considered to be less than 50% damaged then repairs will be undertaken by Council or the owner can request to have it replaced at their own cost.
Requesting a Concrete Driveway
At your request an existing bitumen driveway may be replaced with a concrete driveway. The owner of the property must contribute towards the cost of materials and labour on a pro rata basis.
The City of Darwin provides maintenance to more than 20,568 driveways. As part of our regular maintenance programs, there is an ongoing Driveway Capital Upgrade program to provide standard, reinforced concrete driveways, along with irrigation conduits under the footpath to your property boundary.
Take a look at our projects page to see which streets are receiving upgrades this year.
Driveway Standards
Under the City of Darwin By-Laws, Council can insist that a driveway which has not been constructed according to standard, be reinstated or repaired as necessary. Council may recover any costs from the property owner.
The width and specifications of driveways is determined by whether the property is residential or commercial and is illustrated on the Northern Territory Government (NTG) Subdivision Development Guidelines Standard Drawing No. SS1006.
The NTG Subdivision Development Guidelines Standard Drawings can be viewed at the following link.
https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/sdg-online/public/document/category/16
Approval Required Before Works Begin
Visit our link to works permit page for details on how to gain Council approval to carry out any works to driveways.
More Information
To arrange for your driveway to be inspected, or for any other information on driveways, you can contact us on:
08 8930 0300
darwin@darwin.nt.gov.au