Articles tagged: potholes
Work starts on Otways arteries
Works across three key Colac Otway roads that connect inland to the coast will begin today.
Decaying highway claiming more cars
Colac vehicle towers are rescuing multiple cars each day that are falling victim to dangerous potholes on the Princes Highway.
Thousands of holes filled, no works planned
The Department of Transport and Planning says it has repaired more than 2280 potholes along Colac-Ballarat Road since the start of last year.
Please fix the Princes
“We see it on the daily”. Princes Highway potholes are causing havoc on Colac district vehicles, with reports of four cars towed in the space of hours in Colac’s west.
Quick patch on Princes Highway
A series of deep potholes on the Princes Highway that caused damage to multiple vehicles over the weekend have been patched by VicRoads. But a driver who hit the potholes has called it a “shocking patch-up job”.
Pothole on bend causing concern
Deans Marsh resident Juliet Beatty is warning people about a “dreadful pothole” on the Colac-Forrest Road.
Ballarat road labelled ‘beyond dangerous’
Colac district motorists have labelled the Colac-Ballarat Road as “disgusting”, “scary”, “beyond dangerous” and “an accident waiting to happen”.
Pirron pothole repaired after incident
A dangerous pothole on the Princes Highway near Pirron Yallock has been repaired, but there’s no plans for further speed reductions.
Road repairs for highway
Highway workers have been making repairs to the crumbling Princes Highway east of Colac.
POTHOLE PERIL: Truckie escapes alive as trailer axle snaps on crumbling road
An unexpected pothole has given Eric Parker a hair-raising drive home after a long day of transporting grain silos, derailing his trailer’s axle, his night, and his job.
MPs push for answers on crumbling highways
South-west Victorian MPs have spoken in State Parliament demanding government action to fix the region’s crumbling roads, including the “perilously unsafe” Princes Highway.
Crumbling highway needs fix
Huge potholes are creating traffic hazards on the recently upgraded Princes Highway between Colac and Winchelsea but “some maintenance” is coming.
Warranty will cover road work
Road workers have been tearing up and resealing a section of the Princes Highway east of Colac this week, just three years after the road opened.
Vehicles left damaged after hitting pothole
The Transport Department has done emergency repairs on a Pirron Yallock pothole that caused vehicle damage this week.
‘Frightening’ potholes along new highway
A Colac motorist says concerns about potholes have caused a frightening hazard on the Princes Highway near Winchelsea, months after the newly upgraded road re-opened.
