Loddon Mallee region

Maintaining our roads is an essential part of keeping millions of people and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of freight on the move across Victoria.

We regularly inspect roads and carry out emergency repairs as needed, while more extensive works, such as road rebuilding and rehabilitation, are delivered during the warmer, drier months from September to May to ensure repairs are long-lasting.

We will update this page with the new program of resurfacing and rehabilitation in the coming weeks.

Current works 

While our major road rebuilds occur during the warmer months, maintaining the road network is a year-round priority. We’re delivering more proactive maintenance during the cooler months when roads experience the greatest stress from rainfall and flooding. 

Our crews are out every day inspecting roads for hazards and defects, repairing potholes, surface issues and damaged signs, cleaning gutters and drains, mowing and clearing litter. 

Throughout the winter period, we’re doing more works to keep our main freeways open and keep people and freight on the move.  

We’ve got additional crews on the network repairing damage caused by recent rain and delivering emergency repairs where and when they’re needed. While the weather is cooler, we’ll continue to deliver increased levels of proactive works to protect against rain and flooding, ensuring our roads stand up to the growing levels of extreme weather we’re seeing.

Calder Freeway patching works, between Woodend and Elphinstone

We’ve completed repairs on a two-kilometre section of the Calder Freeway between Malmsbury and Kyneton after it suffered weather damage in recent weeks.

Now that these works are complete, the speed limit will be returned to 110km/h on this section of the freeway.

We’re continuing to deliver repairs at three other locations, including:

• 2 km of the northbound lanes, between Romsey Road and Anderson Road at Woodend North
• 4.6 km of the northbound lanes, near Malmsbury  
• 3 km of the southbound lanes, between Malmsbury and Elphinstone, near Metcalfe East

Crews will be on site between 6am and 6pm, for up to four weeks.  

Speed limits on these sections of the freeway are currently reduced to 40km/h, with lane closures in place. This traffic management will remain active while works are underway. 

We ask that all road users take extra care when travelling through the area, observe traffic management signs and drive to the posted speed limit. 

Please note: These dates and times are subject to change due to weather conditions.

Maintenance program 2025-26

Over the last year, hundreds of kilometers have been repaired, resurfaced or rebuilt across the state as part of the 2025-26 maintenance season. This includes rebuilding and resurfacing works across the Loddon Mallee region. 

This year’s program targeted high-traffic areas and busy freight routes, including some of the most important roads connecting communities in the north.

As part of the program, rehabilitation works on the following roads in Loddon Mallee region were completed:
 

• Midland Highway
  • between Taylor Road and Darrigan Road at Corop (1.9km) in Campaspe Shire
  • between Roberstons Road and Stewart Road at Carag Carag (1.8km) in Campaspe Shire
• Murray Valley Highway, between Stewart Road and Heath Road at Piangil (1.2km) in Rural City of Swan Hill
• Heathcote-Kyneton Road, between Vereker Lane and Saleyards Road at Kyneton (2.1km) in Macedon Ranges Shire
• Bendigo-Maldon Road, between Stump Street and Bridgewater-Maldon Road at Maldon (1.5km) in Mount Alexander Shire
• Echuca-Mitiamo Road, between Crossman Road and Millar Road at Mitiamo (1km) in Shire of Campaspe
• Birchip-Sea Lake Road, between Karyrie Station Road and Opie Road at Birchip (1.7km) in Buloke Shire
• Boort-Charlton Road, between Buckrabanyule North Road and Quarry Road at Nareewillock (1.9km) in Buloke Shire
• Dunach-Eddington Road, between Mullins Road and Carisbrook-Betley Road at Eddington (1km) in Central Goldfields Shire  
• Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road, between Waitchie Road and Bell Road at Ultima East (1km) in Swan Hill Rural City  
• Calder Freeway, off ramp to Black Forest and on ramp from Mount Macedon Road at Macedon in Macedon Ranges Shire

Resurfacing works were also carried out on many roads across the Loddon Mallee region. 

Get in touch

If you have any questions about these projects, please contact DTP:

Email: [email protected]

Call:    133 778