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Around 3,560km of roads are situated within Moyne Shire and it is a huge challenge each year to maintain, repair and restore them. Moyne Shire places a high priority on road maintenance and each year allocate millions of dollars to the roads budget.
The roads within Moyne Shire are divided into two main categories - arterial roads and municipal roads - with Vicroads responsible for managing the former and Moyne Shire Council the latter.
Moyne Shire Council has a contract with Vicroads to perform road maintenance tasks on some of the arterial road network (Main Roads).
Moyne Shire has processes in place to help guide decisions about maintenance, construction and management of the arterial road network and the municipal road network. These web pages explain this process in detail. |
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 Road categories in Moyne Shire
Arterial Roads
Municipal or local roads
Mount Shadwell Quarry
Works within road reserves
Moyne Shire Road Management Plan
| Road categories in Moyne Shire |
| Road type |
Total length |
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| State highways and tourist roads |
240km |
| Main roads |
363km |
| Link local roads |
199km |
| Collector local roads |
422km |
| Minor local roads |
2,180km |
| Town streets |
160km |
| Total |
3,564km
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| Arterial Roads | |
VicRoads is the authority responsible for managing the arterial road network within Moyne Shire , which includes all roads classified as "highways" and "main roads".
These roads are:
Four (4) highways totalling 240km:
Great Ocean Road
Hamilton Highway
Hopkins Highway
Princes Highway
Sixteen (16) main roads totalling 363km:
Ayresford Road (South of Cobden-Warrnambool Road)
Cobden-Warrnambool Road
Hamilton-Port Fairy Road
Koroit-Port Fairy Road
Koroit-Woolsthorpe Road
Macarthur-Penshurst Road
Mailors Flat-Koroit Road
Mortlake-Ararat Road
Myamyn-Macarthur Road
Penshurst-Port Fairy Road
Penshurst-Warrnambool Road
Spencer Road
Terang-Mortlake Road
Timboon-Nullawarre Road
Warrnambool-Caramut Road
Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road
VicRoads follows a strategy, known as "Stitch in Time" to manage the Arterial Road network. The aims of this strategy include:
To address deficiencies in road conditions.
To reduce vehicle operating costs.
To prevent the need for future expensive reconstruction.
The "Stitch in Time" strategy has the following objectives:
Resurface approximately 10 per cent of the arterial road network each year.
Rehabilitate sections of road that have a specified "roughness" that is above particular standards.
Upgrade bridges likely to cater for heavier vehicles, such as B-Double trucks and vehicles known as "Higher Mass Limit" vehicles. Higher Mass Vehicles could be trucks with a more sophisticated axle suspension system, such as milk tankers and stock transport trucks.
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| Municipal or local roads | |
Moyne Shire Council is the responsible authority for approximately 1,563km of sealed rural roads, 1,086km of rural unsealed roads, and 160km of sealed and unsealed urban or town roads.
It has developed a hierachy for the municipal road network, which is made up of the following categories:
Rural
Link roads
Collector roads
Access roads
Urban
Access CBD roads
Access streets
Access lanes
See the Moyne Shire Road Management Plan link below for description of these categories and details of design and maintenance standards for each category.
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| Mount Shadwell Quarry | |
Moyne Shire owns and operates the Mount Shadwell Quarry, which produces quality scoria products from its site on the outskirts of Mortlake. The Mount Shadwell Quarry provides products for a range of customers including farmers, trades, construction and cartage contractors and the home handyman. For more information about the quarry, please visit the website at www.mountshadwellquarry.com.au.Top
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| Works within road reserves | |
If you are planning to conduct any sort of work on road reserves within Moyne Shire, you will need to obtain a permit. Please contact the Shire's Engineering Customer Service Officer on 5558 7888 for more information or download the relevant forms and information sheet at the bottom of this web page.Top
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| Moyne Shire Road Management Plan | |
The Moyne Shire Council Road Management Plan sets out Council’s standards in relation to inspection, maintenance and repair of municipal roads (local roads) within the municipality, having regard to the type of road, the resources available and Council’s policy and budgetary priorities.
At its meeting held on Tuesday 25 September 2007, Council approved amendments to the Road Management Plan, which was first adopted in 2004. The amendments are mainly administrative in nature with some minor changes to standards. A copy of the plan can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
A review of the Road Management Plan will be undertaken between January and June 2009.Top
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