CREWS are set to commence repairs to flood-damaged areas of Elmore-Raywood Road next month according to a statement from the Department of Transport.<\/p>\n
Six kilometres of road surface that were impacted by last spring\u2019s flooding will be completely rebuilt as part of the works between Elmore-Mitiamo and Nesbitt roads.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re rebuilding two sections of Elmore-Raywood Road, which were damaged in the floods, as part of $4.8 million investment along the road from the Victorian Government,\u201d spokesperson for the department said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur crews are busy delivering a huge program of repairs right across the region, rebuilding, repairing, and resurfacing our most badly flood-damaged roads.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashleigh Robinson lives in Huntley and keeps her horse in Sebastian.<\/p>\n
A few weeks ago, she was heading to Mansfield along the road and had to slow right down to 10kph due to its poor condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cAside from that road, it\u2019s the easier route to get that way with a horse-weight on,\u201d said Ms Robinson.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Raywood on the main street you get caravans, trucks, so it is a very heavily used road from B-double trucks to cars with caravans on, and they\u2019re not little caravans.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuite a common route for a lot of horse floats too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Robinson said the road\u2019s condition was worst on the single-lane, Elmore side.<\/p>\n
Originally the speed limit was 100kph and was reduced to 80kph by last November when she last used the road. This time around it had been reduced again, to 40kph.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut with a horse float on we sat on 20 as our max, just because there\u2019s no way around it. You hit the hole, you hit the hole,\u201d Ms Robinson said,<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t falling apart like that before, you\u2019d at least be able to sit in the middle of the road to dodge the potholes, but this time we slowed down to 10kph because you have to take it carefully when there\u2019s a horse on-board.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were big holes, so when we got to Elmore, we stopped and checked all the wheels and checked the horse and made sure gear hadn\u2019t moved around, which it had.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know a lot of people say there\u2019s a lot more traffic on the roads in town, but they\u2019re mainly your car traffic, whereas your rural roads get a lot more heavy traffic.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour car-caravans, your truck with trailers, during harvest season they even have road trains.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if even the truck drivers are starting to get frustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the major repairs to Elmore-Raywood Road, smaller patches will be fixed on other areas of the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CREWS are set to commence repairs to flood-damaged areas of Elmore-Raywood Road next month according to a statement from the Department of Transport. Six kilometres of road surface that were impacted by last spring\u2019s flooding will be completely rebuilt as part of the works between Elmore-Mitiamo and Nesbitt roads. \u201cWe\u2019re rebuilding two sections of Elmore-Raywood […]<\/p>\n