Loddon Mallee 2023-24 maintenance program
Update - March 2024
A significant amount of work is being undertaken across the Loddon Mallee region’s road network this year to keep people and goods moving.
We are prioritising roads heavily impacted by flood events of recent years, particularly on critical freight and travel routes.
Road Rehabilitations
In addition to the major patching program, the following road rehabilitation works will be delivered as part of the 2023-24 maintenance program:
- Heathcote Rochester Road, between Bakers Bridge and Cornella Church Road, Colbinabbin
- Sunraysia Highway, Between Bronzewing Road East and Anderson Road, south of Ouyen
- Swan Hill-Sea Lake Road, Between Ainsbury Road and Mason Road, west of Swan Hill
- Murray Valley Highway, Between Maher Road and Palframan Lane, south of Swan Hill.
The rehabilitation of the 810-metre section of Sunraysia Highway, Ouyen between Bronzewing East Road and Anderson Road, is scheduled to begin in April and will take up to four weeks, weather permitting.
The road foundations will be rebuilt and resealed to create a smoother journey for motorists, including heavy vehicles which make up 30 per cent of traffic.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane at times during works with speed reductions in place. Drivers should allow an additional five to seven minutes travel time while works are in progress.
The works on Sunraysia Highway, Ouyen are part of a $165 million investment by the Victorian Government to rebuild, repair and resurface damaged roads following the October 2022 floods.
During March and April, crews are also completing road rehabilitation works on Heathcote-Rochester Road, Colbinabbin as well as Swan Hill-Sea Lake Road, west of Swan Hill and Murray Valley Highway, south of Swan Hill.
Major Patching
| Road Name | Location | LGA |
|---|---|---|
| Bendigo-Maldon Road | East of the Calder Alternative Highway, Lockwood South, to just west of Bridgewater-Maldon Road | City of Greater Bendigo and Mount Alexander Shire |
| Benidgo-Maldon Road | Bendigo to Maldon | Mount Alexander |
| Bendigo-Maryborough Road | Just north of Ross Road, Laanecoorie | Loddon Shire |
| Bendigo-Pyramid Road | West of Mitiamo-Forest Road, Mitiamo East of Loddon Park Road, Durham Ox | Loddon Shire |
| Bendigo-Redesdale Road | At Banfield Bridge | City of Greater Bendigo |
| Bendigo-Tennyson Road | Between Old Murray Road at Huntly and North Road at Drummartin | Greater Bendigo |
| Bendigo-Tennyson Road | Greater BendigoJust south of Dingee-Rochester Road, Milloo | Campaspe Shrie |
| Birchip-Sea Lake Road | Between Berriwillock Road, Nullawil and Calder Highway, Sea Lake | Buloke |
| Birchip-Sea Lake Road | Between Marlbed-Curyo Road and Whinmere Road, Marlbed North of Marlbed-Curyo Road, Marlbed Just south of Opie Road, Karyrie | Buloke Shire |
| Boort-Charlton Road | From Buckrabanyule North Road, Lake Marmal, to Jeruk River Road, Charlton | Buloke Shire |
| Boort-Mitiamo Road | East of Jarklin-Yarrawalla Road, Calivil | Loddon Shire |
| Boort-Wycheproof Road | Between Powers Road and Praters Road, Wycheproof | Buloke Shire |
| Boort-Kerang Road | Minmindie-Kerang | Loddon |
| Boort-Kerang Road | Just north of Sinotts Road, Minmindie to just north of Taverner Road, Kerang | Gannawarra Shire |
| Boort-Kerang Road | Between Pascoe Road and Parkers Road, Minmindie Between Parkers Road and Frosts Lane, Minmindie Between Frosts Lane and Canary Island-Leaghur Road, Minmindie | Loddon Shire |
| Boort-Pyramid Road | Just east of Fyfes Road, Boort | Loddon Shire |
| Bridgewater-Dunolly Road | Between Dunolly-Inglewood Road, Arnold and Wimmera Highway, Llanelly | Loddon Shire |
| Bridgewater-Maldon Road | Newbridge to Neereman | Loddon |
| Bridgewater-Maldon Road | Just south of Cemetery Road, Bridgewater, to just south of Ross Road, Neereman | Loddon Shire and Mount Alexander Shire |
| Byrneside-Kyabram Road | Merrigum to Dunbar Road, Kyabram | Campaspe |
| Byrneside-Kyabram Road | North of Lilford Road, Lancaster to Dunbar Road, Kyabram | Campaspe Shire |
| Calder Freeway | Between Namnan Way, Diggers Rest and Ravenswood | Macedon Ranges, Mount Alexander and Greater Bendigo |
| Calder Highway | Ravenswood to Marong Marong to Wycheproof Between Horace Street, Sea Lake and Mena Road, Cabarita | Mount Alexander and Greater Bendigo Loddon and Buloke |
| Calder Highway | Just north of St Anne’s Winery at Ravenswood Just north of Yorkshire Road to Peverills Road, Marong | City of Greater Bendigo & Mount Alexander Shire City of Greater Bendigo |
| Castlemaine-Maldon Road | Between Hunter Road and Talbot Road, Muckleford | Mount Alexander Shire |
| Charlton-St Arnaud Road | Between Wright Street, Charlton and Westcotts Road, Coonooer | Buloke |
| Donald-Swan Hill Road | Between Banyenong-Jeffcott Road, Jeffcott North, and Back Boga Road, Lake Boga | Swan Hill |
| Dumosa-Quambatook Road | Between Suttie Road and Murdoch Road, Quambatook | Gannawarra Shire |
| Dunach-Eddington Road | South of Havelock-Baringhup Road and Carisbrook-Havelock Road, Carisbrook | Loddon Shire |
| Echuca-Kyabram Road | Echuca to Kyabram | Campaspe |
| Echuca-Kyabram Road | From Murray Valley Highway to just west of Day Road, Tongala | Campaspe Shire |
| Echuca-Mooroopna Road | St Germains to Wyuna | Campaspe |
| Echuca-Mooroopna Road | East of Weller Road to just north of the Murray Valley Highway, Wyuna | Moira Shire |
| Elmore Raywood Road | Elmore to Raywood | Campaspe |
| Girgarre-Rushworth Road | Girgarre to McGrath Road, Stanhope | Campaspe |
| Girgarre-Rushworth Road | From Progress Street, Girgarre to just south of McGrath Road, Stanhope | Campaspe Shire |
| Heathcote-Kyneton Road | Heathcote to Langley | Mount Alexander |
| Heathcote-Kyneton Road | Just south of Chapmans Lane, to just north of Murrays Road, Langley | Mount Alexander Shire |
| Heathcote-Rochester Road | Ladys Pass to Rochester | Campaspe |
| Heathcote-Rochester Road | West of the Northern Highway to south of Bakers Bridge Road, Colbinabbin North of Bendigo-Murchison Road, Colbinabbin, to just south of Pascoe Street, Rochester | Campaspe Shire |
| Hopetoun Sea Lake Road | Between Birchip-Sea Lake Road and Mousers Road, Sea Lake | Buloke Shire |
| Hopetoun-Sea Lake Road | Just west of Jollys Road, Sea Lake | Buloke Shire |
| Kyabram-Rochester Road | Kyabram to Rochester | Campaspe |
| Kyabram-Rochester Road | At McKay Street-Bridge Road roundabout, Rochester | Campaspe Shire |
| Lancaster-Mooroopna Road | Lancaster | Campaspe and Greater Shepparton |
| Lancaster-Mooroopna Road | At Ryan Road, Lancaster | Campaspe Shire |
| Loddon Valley Highway | Tragowel to Kerang | Gannawarra |
| Loddon Valley Highway | Just south of the Murray Valley Highway at Kerang From Loddon Plains Road to just north of Loddon Plains Road, Bridgewater North Just north of Tucks Road, Woodvale | Gannawarra Shire Loddon Shire City of Greater Bendigo |
| Mallee Highway | Piangil to Manangatang | Swan Hill |
| Mallee Highway | Between Ouyen-Patchewollock Road and Nunn Road, Ouyen | Mildura Rural City Council |
| Mallee Highway | Between Edwards Road and Boland Road, Kulwin | Mildura Rural City |
| Maryborough-St Arnaud Road | Between Collins Court and Norwood Road, Maryborough | Central Goldfields |
| McEwen Road (Kyabram-Rochester Road) | Just north of Webb Road, Kyabram, to just east of Echuca-Nanneella Road, Rochester | Campaspe Shire |
| Mount Macedon Road | Heskitt to Mount Macedon | Macedon Ranges |
| Mount Macedon Road | Just north of Pinchoff Lane, Mount Macedon | Macedon Ranges Shire |
| Murray Valley Highway | Kotupna to Echuca Echuca to Kerang Kerang to Wood Wood | Campaspe Campaspe and Gannawarra Gannawarra |
| Murray Valley Highway | North of McCoys Bridge at Kotupna to just south of Mitchell Road, Echuca Just west of Braund Road, Echuca, to just north of Kerang-Marcona Road, Kerang East Fairley Road, Reedy Lake to just north of Byrnes Lane, Nyah Milnes Bridge Just north of Apex Park Road, Reedy Lake West of Maxwell Street, Kerang | Moira Shire & Campaspe Shire Campaspe Shire & Gannawarra Shire Gannawarra Shire and Swan Hill Rural City Gannawarra Shire |
| Prairie Rochester Road | Prairie to Tennyson | Campaspe |
| Robinvale Sea Lake Road | Manangatang to Cocamba Robinvale to Mananatang | Swan Hill Swan Hill |
| Robinvale-Sea Lake Road | Just south of Webster Road, Bolton to Hattah-Robinvale Road, Bannerton East of Lake Tyrrell Road, Sea Lake | Swan Hill Rural City Buloke Shire |
| Rushworth-Tatura Road | South of the Waranga Western Channel to west of Mason Road, Waranga | Campaspe Shire |
| Sunraysia Highway | Between Russell Road and Kellys Road, Donald | Buloke |
| Tongala Road | Between Graham Road and Murray Valley Highway, Tongala | Campaspe |
| Tongala Road | Just north of Graham Road to just south of the Murray Valley Highway, Tongala | Campaspe Shire |
| Tooleybuc Road (Mallee Highway) | Tooleybuc, to just east of Elston Road, Manangatang | Murray River Council & Swan Hill Rural City |
| Wimmera Highway | Dale Lane, Newbridge Just south of Cooper Road, Marong | Loddon |
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 (DTP) crews mow roadside grass to prepare for the fire season. DTP undertakes a roadside mowing program that meets obligations to prepare for the fire season and to address safety issues.
Roadside mowing was completed across the Loddon Mallee in 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