Two key freight routes in Victoria are set to undergo major road rebuilding works as part of the Labor Government’s summertime works blitz.
Crews will target a total of four sections across the Glenelg and Hamilton highways in the coming weeks, supporting the producers of millions of dollars of local goods being transported across the state.
With work already underway along the Glenelg Highway, crews will be delivering a 2.4-kilometre rehabilitation east of Hamilton and a 2.3-kilometre road rebuild between Casterton and Coleraine.
The Hamilton Highway will see one of the largest road rebuilding projects for the 2022/23 maintenance season, which includes 3.5 kilometres between Mortlake and Darlington.
A second section of the Hamilton Highway will also be rebuilt at Hexham.
Minister for Roads and Road Safety and Minister for Ports and Freight, Melissa Horne, said the upgrades will benefit operators using the routes.
“We’re strengthening roads right across Victoria, including in the state’s south west, to improve connections for local drivers, freight operators and visitors to the regions,” she said.
“Our regional road maintenance blitz will ensure smoother, more reliable journeys along these major highways which serve as prime freight routes for the local dairy and timber industries.”
Other works set to be delivered across the region this year include major road maintenance projects on Henty Highway and Casterton-Penola Road.
More than 160 individual maintenance projects will be delivered across the state’s road assets for 2022/23, with more than 1,300 road maintenance projects set to be completed across Victoria.
“The Glenelg and Hamilton highways are the lifeblood of the south west, which is why these important works are underway to ensure the local community, farmers, freight operators and tourists can get to where they need to go,” said Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney.
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