O’Brien calls for urgent funding to repair Victorian’s roads

However, he said the roads have further deteriorated due to months of heavy rainfall and flooding in many areas across the state.

He’s claimed cuts in the road maintenance budget by the State Government have led to the poor condition of roads.

Mr O’Brien said the $165 million Labor allocated for post-flood road repairs in October 2022 was insufficient.

“The Government’s half-hearted attempt after the 2022 floods barely scratched the surface, and state and local roads have been left wanting – councils are still waiting for funding support to help fix local roads,” he said.

“There needs to be an immediate package of new funding just to catch up on the backlog of works needed to fix our roads.”