Macedon Ranges council has adopted its Road Management Plan for the next four years.
After gaining community consultation, the plan was adopted at the July 23 council meeting.
The plan covers the management of all council-managed roads and other road-related infrastructure, including almost 1800km of council-managed roads and access tracks.
The new plan largely reflects the previous plan, with amendments made to better reflect community expectations while managing available resources.
Through the last feedback round, six submissions were received, which council noted with no change to the draft plan.
Mayor Dom Bonanno praised council officers for their work on the plan, and highlighted the benefits.
“We do talk about roads a lot and I am proud of the works our officers have done to make these improvements in inspection frequencies being more proactive rather than reactive,” he said.
“Category One sealed roads have moved from six inspections to 12 annually, so monthly inspections and Category Two sealed roads from three inspections to six, so bi-monthly.
“Getting to issues sooner, will hopefully improve that service level of getting things fixed quicker which is what our community wants and expects.”
Alongside increased inspections, intervention thresholds have been reduced, meaning that smaller surface issues in footpaths, shared paths and bike paths will now have prompt maintenance action, as well as the reactive inspection timeframes have increased from three to five days, to provide more flexibility.
