Works on the Princes Highway are set to part of the State Government’s new $964 million road maintenance blitz.
Launched on Monday 14 October, the works will see road workers across the state delivering about $2.6 million worth of upgrades every day, with about 70 per cent of funding going to regional Victoria.
Over the next nine months, crew will complete a number of projects, including road rehabilitation and resurfacing, patching potholes, maintaining bridges, installing traffic lights and signage and delivering new road infrastructure.
The package also includes flood recovery works, with priority given to repairing regional Victoria’s flood-damaged roads.
Nationals spokesperson for roads and road safety Danny O’Brien said the announcement is nothing more than a re-announcement of the funding provided in the State Budget in May
“No amount of spin and media grandstanding will cover for the fact what Victorians know – our roads are in an appalling state,“ he said.
“Labor’s own survey last year showed that 91 per cent of roads were in poor or very poor condition.
“Labor is trying to put lipstick on a pig by packaging up standard funding and making it sound like something sexy.“
Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne said the works will cover projects of all sizes.
