April 27th, 2026Record Roads Blitz To Target Potholes And Graffiti
The Victorian Budget 2026/27 invests a record $1.04 billion to rebuild, repair and resurface roads across Victoria.
The Victorian Budget 2026/27 invests a record $1.04 billion to rebuild, repair and resurface roads across Victoria.
That’s enough to get rid of 200,000 potholes, 200,000 graffiti tags, and much more.
This is the biggest roads blitz in the state’s history – with 70 per cent of the funds going to regional Victoria.
The state government’s investment will:
- rebuild, repair and resurface arterial roads
- maintain bridges and traffic lights
- deliver emergency roadworks
- mow, slash and spray grass and weeds along roadsides
- repair or replace signs
A $36.9 million blitz will clean up our 10 busiest freeways with rubbish and graffiti removal, mowing and more:
Monash Freeway
- Princes Freeway West
- Western Freeway
- West Gate Freeway
- Hume Freeway
- Calder Freeway
- Western Ring Road
- South Gippsland Freeway
- Mornington Peninsula Freeway
- Tullamarine Freeway
Crews are out on the network now as part of last year’s then-record investment in road maintenance. They have:
- repaired 187,000 potholes – equivalent to one every five metres between Melbourne and Sydney
- cleaned up 127,000m² of graffiti – equivalent to around 3,500 billboards completely covered in graffiti
- mowed 1,900,000 metres – the distance from Melbourne to Brisbane
- crews have also repaired or replaced 31,000 signs and inspected 13,600 barriers.
