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The Allan Labor Government is rolling out a major road maintenance blitz to rebuild repair and resurface roads right across Victoria backed by the largest singleyear investment in road maintenance in the states historyMinister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne today launched the Labor Governments 976 million road maintenance blitz in Kyneton where crews will begin fixing potholes and upgrading road surfaces across the stateAs part of our Better Roads Blitz crews will begin delivering hundreds of major maintenance projects between now and mid2026 on roads with 70 per cent of all the funding going towards our regional roadsOver the next nine months crews will complete thousands of projects on our network ranging from road rehabilitation and resurfacing patching potholes and maintaining bridges installing traffic lights and signageThe blitz will target the states busiest travel and trade routes helping to get millions of people and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of freight to and from their destination smoothlyThe key roads across regional Victoria that will be targeted through this massive program of works include the Western Highway Princes Highway East Princes Highway West Hume Highway and Calder HighwayWhile in metropolitan areas the Mornington Peninsula Freeway Leakes Road Normanby Road the Warburton Highway and Boronia Road will also see upgrades for smoother journeysAll these roads were prioritised based on expert assessments and community feedback ensuring that upgrades are focused where theyre most neededAs well as repairing some of our busiest roads crews will also mow slash and spray tens of thousands of kilometres of roadsides inspect and repair thousands of bridges and other structuresTheyll also fix hundreds of sets of traffic lights and electronic signs clean up graffiti and deliver other maintenance works as neededTo learn more about the Better Roads Blitz and to find out when crews are fixing roads in your area visit transportvicgovauQuotes attributable to Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa HorneWere investing nearly a billion dollars to rebuild and repair the roads that Victorians depend on every single day from the highways connecting our major centres to the local roads that keep our communities movingThe last Liberal National Government cut roads maintenance funding and jobs were getting on and delivering the biggest singleyear investment in road maintenance in Victorias historyQuote attributable to Member for Macedon MaryAnne ThomasWhether its fixing potholes resurfacing roads or improving safety this blitz will deliver better and smoother journeys for drivers right across regional Victoria keeping our communities connected
