Hume 2023 2024 maintenance program
Update - January 2024
Major patching work will be a significant part of this year’s program in the Hume region.
We’re prioritising these works on our most badly damaged roads following the devastating flood events of recent years.
Our works will also focus on critical freight and travel routes, ensuring people and goods can keep moving across Victoria.
Sections of the following roads have been included in the 2023-24 maintenance program:
| Road name | Locations | LGA |
|---|---|---|
| Barmah-Shepparton Road | Between Hicks Road and Hooper Road, Kaarimba | Moira |
| Barooga Road | Between Cobram and Barooga | Moira |
| Benalla-Tocumwal Road | Between Katamatite-Nathalia Road, Katamatite and Chesney Road, Benalla | Moira Benalla |
| Benalla-Yarrawonga Road | Between Boundary Road, Lake Rowan and Melaleuca Street, Yarrawonga | Moira |
| Chiltern-Rutherglen Road | Between Racecourse Road and Hunter Street, Rutherglen | Indigo |
| Echuca-Mooroopna Road | Between Cornish Road, Shepparton and Weller Road, Merrigum | Shepparton |
| Glenrowan-Myrtleford Road | Between Allans Lane, Milawa and Whorouly Road, Whorouly | Wangaratta |
| Goulburn Valley Highway | Between Murray Valley Highway and Midland Highway | Greater Shepparton Moira |
| Great Alpine Road | Between Wangaratta and Dinner Plain | Wangaratta Alpine |
| Katamatite-Nathalia Road | Between Benalla-Tocumwal Road and Labuan Road, Katamatite | Moira |
| Kiewa Valley Highway | Between Chapples Road, Baranduda and Redbank Mongans Road, Tawonga | Wodonga Alpine |
| Maroondah Highway | Between South Cathedral Lane, Buxton and Grant Street, Alexandra Between Maroondah Link Highway and Midland Link Highway and Pollock Avenue, Bonnie Doon | Murrindindi Mansfield |
| Melba Highway | Between Hunts Lane, Dixons Creek and Station Street, Yea | Murrindindi |
| Midland Highway | Between Charles Street and Fryers Street, Shepparton | Shepparton |
| Murchison-Violet Town Road | Between Wahring-Murchison Road, Murchison and McDiarmids Road, Violet Town | Shepparton Strathbogie |
| Murray Valley Highway | Between Hume Freeway at Wodonga and Goulburn Valley Highway at Strathmerton | Moira Indigo |
| Rutherglen-Springhurst Road | Between Rutherglen and Springhurst | Indigo |
| Tatura-Undera Road | Between Ford Road, Byrneside and Lancaster-Mooroopna Road, Mooroopna North | Greater Shepparton |
| Wangaratta-Yarrawonga Road | Between Exchange Road, Killawarra and Nishs Road, Bundalong South | Wangaratta Moira |
Sections of the following roads in the Hume region will be repaired or structures inspected as part of the 2023-24 Flood Recovery Program:
| Road name | Locations | LGA |
|---|---|---|
| Hume Freeway | Kelly Street | Wodonga |
| Goulburn Valley Highway | Between Doyles Road and Karramomus Road, Arcadia At Thornton At Molesworth South of Greenslopes Road, Whiteheads Creek | Murrindindi Greater Shepparton Murrindindi Murrindindi Mitchell |
| Maroondah Highway (Grant Street) | From Perkins Road to north of Vickery Street, Alexandra West of Maintongoon Road, Bonnie Doon | Murrindindi Mansfield |
| Shepparton Alternative Route | South of Knights Road, Grahamvale South of Ford Road, Grahamvale | Greater Shepparton |
| Tungamah Road | Between Three Chain Road and Benalla-Yarrawonga Road, Tungamah | Moira |
| Benalla-Yarrawonga Road | Just north of Dodds Road, Yarrawonga North of Wangaratta Road, Lake Rowan West of Kilmarnock Road, Wilby | Moira Moira Moira |
| Chiltern-Rutherglen Road | Between Long Lane and Stillards Lane, Rutherglen | Indigo |
| Melba Highway | Just north of Steuarts Road, Glenburn | Murrindindi |
| Murray Valley Highway | Just west of Patrick’s Lookout, Towong Just east of Cudgewa Road, Cudgewa At Coghills Road, Shelley Just east of Bryants Gap Road, Tallangatta North of Huon-Kiewa Road, Huon East of Cemetery Road, Tallangatta West of Old Tallangatta-Koetong rail line, Tallangatta East At Indigo Creek, Browns Plains At Tallangatta East of Williams Road, Brimin | Towong Indigo Towong Indigo |
| Midland Highway | Just west of Hooper Road, Tatura East of Wyndham Street, Shepparton West of Elizabeth Street, Shepparton | Greater Shepparton |
| Kiewa Valley Highway | West of Cowell Track, Kergunyah | Indigo |
| Rutherglen-Springhurst Road (Fortune Street) | Just south of Ready Street, Rutherglen | Indigo |
| Murchison-Tatura Road | North of Toolamba-Rushworth Road, Tatura | Greater Shepparton |
| Upper Goulburn Road | Just east of Boongarry Road, Whiteheads Creek From Boongarry Road to Goulburn Valley Highway, Trawool | Mitchell |
| Murray River Road | Between Mount Alfred and Walwa | Towong |
| Shelley-Walwa Road | Between Old Shelly-Walwa Road and Edmondson Road, Shelley | Towong |
| Great Alpine Road | West of Parfitt Road, Wangaratta Between Peruzzo Street and Porter Street, Wangaratta | Wangaratta |
| Hume Highway | Just south of Kilfeera Road, Benalla At Hilldene At Stoney Creek, Northwood Between Oxley Flat Road and Wangaratta-Whitefield Road, Wangaratta | Benalla Mitchell Mitchell Wangaratta |
| Euroa-Shepparton Road (Central Kialla Road) | South of McKernan Road, Kialla | Greater Shepparton |
| Wangaratta-Yarrawonga Road | East of Trotman Drive, Wangaratta | Wangaratta |
| Beechworth-Wodonga Road | South of Magpie Lane, Wooragee East of Star Lane, Wooragee | Indigo |
Meanwhile, our routine maintenance crews will continue to monitor the roads and complete priority resurfacing and patching works throughout the year to help keep communities connected.
Every year, Department of Transport and Planning crews mow roadside grass to prepare for the fire season. Roadside mowing was completed mid-December 2023.
For more information
To find out more about how we prioritise and program our maintenance works, please visit our maintenance webpage.
If you see any hazards on our roads, please report them to the VicRoads Traffic Operations Centre on 13 11 70, open 24/7. In an emergency, call Triple Zero.
Get in touch
Call: 133 778