The petition, which recorded over 1500 signatures, asked the government to provide funding to Griffith City Council to seal the southern 10km of the road which had "been the scene of many life-threatening crashes, the latest being the roll-over of a school bus".

Roads minister David Borger responded to the plea by stating it was a local road and the responsibility of Griffith City Council, which receives federal funding for road maintenance already.

"It is up to the council to determine priorities and carry out works on local roads on the basis of this funding," Mr Borger said.

Mr Piccoli said he was angry and disappointed at the minister's response to the petition.

"I have pointedly told Minister Borger that I am aware that Bringagee Road is classified as a local road and is therefore the responsibility of Griffith City Council," he said.

"What I have repeatedly asked for is some assistance from the state government to help council make the road safer sooner rather than later."

Lydia Dal Broi, who is part of the Bringagee Road Action Group, said the minister's response was just the state government passing the buck again.

"It's just an excuse, an accident is an accident and if there's a problem it should be fixed. I think they're just passing the buck again," Mrs Dal Broi said.

"My biggest concern is safety. It deteriorates quickly because it's used a lot, unlike other gravel roads in the area that get made a priority.

"We keep getting told to drive to the conditions but most of the accidents that happen are when people are driving to the conditions."

Council's operations manager Dallas Bibby said the funding council received had to be spread between projects around the whole area and had to first be approved by the government.

Mr Bibby said that as projects are often evaluated on a benefit to cost ratio Bringagee Road often does not meet requirements, particularly as there was an alternate route.

"I have just applied for 3.4km of the road to be sealed under a new stream of funding (Road Safety Toll Reduction project)," he said.

"This section has the worst accident history so it is more aligned with the requirements, but I wouldn't hold my breath for it."