Record $1.04bn investment to rebuild, repair & resurface roads across VIC
The Victorian Government is investing a record $1.04 billion through the 2026/27 State Budget to rebuild, repair and resurface roads across Victoria.
This significant funding is enough to get rid of 200,000 potholes as well as 200,000 graffiti tags and so much more.
This is the State’s largest ever road blitz, with about 70 per cent of funds to be spent in regional Victoria.
The record investment will:
- Rebuild, repair and resurface arterial roads
- Maintain bridges and traffic lights
- Deliver emergency roadworks
- Mow, slash and spray grass and weeds along roadsides
- Repair or replace signs
“This is the biggest road blitz in the state’s history, and most of that money is going to regional Victoria.
“We’re delivering better, safer roads – and with 20 per cent off rego, it’s cheaper to get around,” Premier Jacinta Allan said.
Meanwhile, a $36.9 million blitz will clean up 10 of the State’s busiest freeways with rubbish and graffiti removal, mowing and more. The freeways included are:
- Monash Freeway
- Princes Freeway West
- Western Freeway
- West Gate Freeway
- Hume Freeway
- Calder Freeway
- Western Ring Road
- Southern Gippsland Freeway
- Mornington Peninsula Freeway
- Tullamarine Freeway
As part of last year’s road maintenance blitz, crews are currently out on the network and they have:
- Repaired 187,000 potholes – equivalent to one every five metres between Melbourne and Sydney
- Cleaned up 127,000 square metres of graffiti – equivalent to around 3,500 billboards completely covered in graffiti
- Mowed 1.9 million metres – the distance from Melbourne to Brisbane
- Repaired or replaces 31,000 signs and inspected 13,600 barriers
The Labor Government has invested close to $3 billion over the past three years. This is the largest sustained investment in road maintenance in Victoria’s history. This massive investment includes an average spend of $993 million annually to maintain the State’s road network.
“We’re building and repairing the roads that Victorians depend on every day.
“Victorians are already seeing the results with 187,000 potholes removed this year – now we’re doubling down,” Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ros Spence said.
Source: Premier of Victoria – Media Centre; ABC News; Roads & Infrastructure Australia
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