The main damage caused by flooding in Central Otago last week was a road washed out at Dansey Pass and scouring at the approach to several bridges in the Patearoa area.
"To be honest, we came out of it fairly lightly. Our damage was very minor when you look at the scale of the flooding damage throughout Otago," she said.
The council will apply to the New Zealand Transport Agency for subsidies to carry out the work; the maximum subsidy is 51%.
When the Kyeburn River changed its course, it washed out the road to Dansey Pass, on the Central Otago side of the pass, Ms Muir said.
The top of the pass is the boundary between Central Otago and Waitaki districts.
The damage cut access to the Danseys Pass Coach Inn for several days but a track was cut to restore access again by Monday.
Establishing the temporary route, repairing the road and placing barriers when the road was closed would cost about $50,000, Ms Muir said.
"The priority was to restore access up to the hotel.
We don't try clearing the stretch of road above the hotel of snow this time of year because it's a narrow alpine pass and it's too dangerous for our graders to clear."
The flooded Taieri River was responsible for problems with access to several bridges on gravel roads in Patearoa, she said.
"The approaches were all scoured out. The river takes all the fine gravel away and leaves all the bigger gravel behind."
That would cost about $40,000 to fix.
The flooding damage in the district was not as severe as in May last year, when heavy rain caused the Manuherikia River to swell and burst its banks, washing out roads and bridges.
A heavy fall of snow in parts of the Maniototo last week had little impact on the roads, she said.
"It's not that unusual for this time of year, although maybe a little bit earlier than normal."
In much of the Maniototo, the snow had turned slushy because the ground was still warm, so it caused fewer problems than when snow fell on frozen ground.
