Dust will be a thing of the past when the remainder of Kelvin Road is sealed.
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Amanda and Robert White live in one of three houses on the 11.6km gravel section between Hawker Bridge to Rangari Road, and have been battling with dust for more than 10 years.
Gunnedah Shire Council's funding application was successful and more than $4 million has been allocated to the project through a new Commonwealth roads funding program.
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The Whites have been campaigning for the remainder of the road to be sealed "since Adam Marshall was mayor" and have stepped up the lobbying as traffic has increased.
"It's been a bit of an ongoing saga for us. We were told there wasn't never enough traffic on the road but that didn't really ring true," Mr White said.
"On a south-easterly breeze, our house is shrouded in dust."
Mr White met with Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson and Gunnedah shire mayor Jamie Chaffey recently to discuss the "wonderful" funding announcement.
"A fairy godmother has wafted nearly $5 million towards the road and we don't ask any questions after that ... we'll wait," Mr White said.
We were told there wasn't never enough traffic on the road but that didn't really ring true.
- Robert White, landholder
Fellow landholders Sophie and Steve Carter also live on Kelvin Road and use it to move stock and machinery.
"We're ecstatic. That's fantastic news. We'll be very happy to have that happen," Mrs Carter said.
"We've got staff going backwards and forward in vehicles and it's a safety issue with the dust."
Cr Chaffey said the council couldn't start on the project until the funding filtered through but "the intent is that it is completed in two years from the time of signing the deed".
It is anticipated that work will star in early 2021 and be completed in 12 months.
Cr Chaffey said traffic counts were conducted on the road after he had met with the Whites over the issue last year.
"We received representation maybe 18 months ago from the Whites letting us know how bad the situation with the dust on the road was with increased traffic," Cr Chaffey said.
"We were able to put forward a good funding application to the state government .... we very happy with the quality of the application and we're working together to see the road sealed."
Cr Chaffey was pleased that the "good strong case" for funding was successful on the first try.
"Normally it takes a few times knocking on the door," he said.
