The Warburton Highway is set to get some repairs as part of the State Government’s Better Roads Blitz between now and mid-2026.
Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne today launched the $976 million road maintenance blitz in Kyneton where crews will begin fixing potholes and upgrading road surfaces across the state.
70 per cent of all the funding is set towards Victoria’s regional roads and over the next nine months, crews will complete thousands of projects on the network, ranging from road rehabilitation and resurfacing, patching potholes and maintaining bridges, installing traffic lights and signage.
The blitz will target the state’s busiest travel and trade routes, helping to get millions of people and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of freight to and from their destination smoothly.
The 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 Highway.
While in metropolitan areas, the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, Leakes Road, Normanby Road, the Warburton Highway and Boronia Road will also see upgrades for smoother journeys.
All these roads were prioritised based on expert assessments and community feedback, ensuring that upgrades are focused where they’re most needed.
As well as repairing some of Victoria’s busiest roads, crews will also mow, slash and spray tens of thousands of kilometres of roadsides, inspect and repair thousands of bridges and other structures.
They’ll also fix hundreds of sets of traffic lights and electronic signs, clean up graffiti and deliver other maintenance works as needed.
To learn more about the Better Roads Blitz and to find out when crews are fixing roads in your area, visit transport.vic.gov.au.
