General News
20 October, 2022
Work starts on highway
Work has started repairing yhe Loddon Valley Highway around Serpentine after last weekend's flood. Crews commenced repairs on badly damaged section yesterday and work is expected to take a week before the highway re-opens. Departmemt of Transport said...
Work has started repairing yhe Loddon Valley Highway around Serpentine after last weekend's flood.
Crews commenced repairs on badly damaged section yesterday and work is expected to take a week before the highway re-opens.
Departmemt of Transport said this afternoon:
Our crews of over 500 people across the state is conducting inspections and fixing the damage caused by these devastating floods, so we can keep our communities connected.”
“Once conditions have improved and are better suited to the type of repairs that will last in the long-term, we’ll continue the job of rebuilding the road network, including the Loddon Valley Highway.”
Works commenced on Thursday, 20 October to repair road damage on the Loddon Valley Highway south of Serpentine.
The road is expected to re-open for use by the community near the end of next week, weather-permitting.
While this work is underway, crews are also conducting further inspections, scoping and planning works for critical repairs along the Loddon Valley Highway.
Where water levels have subsided to safe levels and emergency services deem it safe to do so, crews are working around the clock to restore access.
In just a few days, hundreds of crews have already undertaken more than 1,350 individual inspections, found and fixed more than 39,000 potholes and attended more than 65 landslips right across the state.
Since the beginning of the flood emergency, more than 580 roads have been closed, with more than 350 still closed across the state. More than 85 of these are arterial roads.
Periods of heavy rainfall like we are currently experiencing with La Niña can cause greater damage to our roads and make it harder for crews to undertake work to undertake road repairs.
Yet, our crews are working hard to clear flood affected roads and make emergency repairs to get them open as quickly as possible. We will never compromise on safety and that is why we can’t open roads and bridges until we’ve inspected them, the department said.