Large-scale, long term repairs for Victorian roads

By Kayla Jones

Apr 5, 2024

Roads in ruin: Victorian roads have been damaged by several flood events over the past year causing pot-holes and posing risk to drivers.

Works are set to commence on flood-damaged roads across north central Victoria as part of an emergency blitz jointly funded by the State and Federal Governments.

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The $99.5 million rebuild and recovery package includes large-scale, long-term repairs for Victoria’s most badly damaged roads, including those in the Loddon Mallee region.

Some of the roads set to undergo repairs include Bendigo-Redesdale Road, Prairie-Rochester Road, Heathcote-Nagambie Road and the Loddon Valley Highway.

Further flood recovery road works will be undertaken along the Sunraysia Highway and Patchewollock-Sea Lake Road over the coming months.

Works set to be delivered under the package include fully rebuilding some of the most badly damaged sections of road, major asphalting, landslip stabilisation, repairs to structures and road shoulders, clearing of roadside drains and culverts, replacing signs, safety barriers and other important roadside assets.

Crews will also carry out roadside mowing and slashing to reduce the risk of bushfires posed by unseasonal accelerated growth.

Four separate flood events have hit Victoria since Christmas forcing many road closures and causing immense damage.

Since then, additional resources have been deployed across the state to deliver short-term emergency repairs and get all roads re-opened.

“Continuing Victoria’s road to recovery after these recent flood events is our number one priority, and we’ll deliver these large-scale repairs as quickly and safely as we can” minister for roads and road safety Melissa Horne said.