THE Surf Coast Shire is seeking state government funding towards four significant road upgrading projects.<\/p>\n
Councillors resolved at their February meeting to lodge applications for Regional Roads Victoria Fixing Country Roads Program round two allocations.<\/p>\n
The road projects are:
\n\u2022 Horseshoe Bend Road culvert replacement and improvements, between McCanns and Fishers Roads, with an estimated project cost of $900,000
\n\u2022 Coombes Road rehabilitation and widening, between Anglesea and Ghazeepore roads, project cost $830,000
\n\u2022 Sealing of Messmate Road between Council\u2019s Torquay depot to John Pawson Jr Lane, project cost $900,000
\n\u2022 Rehabilitation of Forest Road, for 500 metres north from Grays Road intersection.<\/p>\n
The projects were chosen from a list of eight, based on likelihood of meeting funding criteria, and were identified via the Council Road Safety Program and G21 Regional Roads Transport Plan.<\/p>\n
Fixing Country Roads Program funding would cover two-thirds of the cost of each project.<\/p>\n
\u201cCouncil was successful in receiving funding in round one of this program, now round two presents further valuable opportunity to secure external underpinning support,\u201d Torquay Ward councillor Brian McKiterick said \u201cThese are significant projects focusing on improvements in known black spot locations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Successful projects will be named in April and must be delivered by June 2020.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the shire\u2019s October-December Road Management Activities Report shows strong performance in meeting inspection and repair targets outlined in its Road Management Plan.<\/p>\n
According to the report, 94 per cent of inspections arising from customer contact, 100 per cent of scheduled inspections, 99.5 per cent of defect repairs and 95 per cent of defect repairs under way remained within RMP
\ntarget deadlines.<\/p>\n
Winchelsea Ward councillor Heather Wellington said the council had to be confident that the plan set the correct standards \u201cbecause if we\u2019re complying with a plan with standards that aren\u2019t meeting community expectations, then we have a problem\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said unsealed roads were a continuing problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the second lowest satisfaction item for this council and has been for many years, and after our Community Satisfaction Survey we keep getting little reminders from the people who do the survey saying we need to do more on unsealed roads, but we don\u2019t seem to be able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Surf Coast Shire is seeking state government funding towards four significant road upgrading projects. Councillors resolved at their February meeting to lodge applications for Regional Roads Victoria Fixing Country Roads Program round two allocations. The road projects are: \u2022 Horseshoe Bend Road culvert replacement and improvements, between McCanns and Fishers Roads, with an estimated […]<\/p>\n