The NSW Roads and Transport Directorate, a partnership between Local Government NSW (LGNSW) and the NSW Division of the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA NSW and ACT), in holding the 2021 Local Roads Congress, resolved to announce the following communiqué. The Congress recognises the critical role of local government as a provider of local and regional transport infrastructure in partnership with the state and federal governments. Local government is key to driving locally led economic recovery through the delivery of a wide range of road and infrastructure projects via a mix of new funding and accelerated funding recognising the direct economic uplift from construction and the second order uplift from increased economic activity enabled by improvements to the local road network. The Congress urges the Federal and NSW Government to work with local government to build a new resilient future for NSW communities. The Congress calls for continued action from all levels of government to leverage the current challenges as an opportunity to deliver safe, efficient and resilient road and transport infrastructure to local communities across NSW, now and into the future.