Council
12 April, 2024
Have your say on road conditions
MOYNE motorists are being encouraged to have their say on the state of regional roads.
Moyne Shire Council is asking residents to join a joint advocacy effort to improve the quality of regional roads.
The RACV last week launched the ‘My Country Road’ campaign, a road safety initiative asking Victorians to provide feedback about how safe they feel on roads in regional Victoria.
The survey uses an online interactive map that shows high-speed roads with large concentrations of crashes causing death or serious injury in regional Victoria.
Moyne mayor Cr Ian Smith encouraged residents to head online and have their say about the condition of regional roads.
“Roads are the number one issue raised with us as councillors, so this survey is another tool people can use to highlight roads that are in poor condition,” Cr Smith said.
“The survey will provide information to all levels of government and will provide another tool in our advocacy efforts to increase funding for improvements.
“If we can all work together to highlight the perilous condition of our roads (in particular state controlled roads) with one unified voice, that’s when governments listen.”
Cr Smith said there was around 3,564km of roads situated within Moyne Shire, which was a huge challenge each year to maintain, repair and restore them.
He said the roads within Moyne Shire are divided into two main categories - arterial roads (603km) which the state government manages and municipal roads (2961 km) which council is responsible for.
“We want feedback on all types of roads to help paint the picture and to build the case for increased levels of funding from all levels of government,” Cr Smith said.
The survey can be accessed at www.racv.com.au/haveyoursay.
