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Green Triangle roadworks continue in September

Upgrades on the roads into Portland to get underway in $40 million project

 

A new phase of roadworks will start in south-west Victoria in September, state and federal parliamentarians have announced.

The area is highly forest-industries focused and constant use of heavy vehicles has sparked long-term complaints about lack of road maintenance there.

In a joint announcement, local federal member Dan Tehan says the upgrades taking place in the 2018-19 construction season are part of a series of works in the Green Triangle region – in south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia.

“This season about 28 kilometres of the Henty Highway will be resurfaced between Portland and Hamilton, which will include rebuilding a one-kilometre section of the highway near Myamyn,” Tehan says.

Works to improve about 15km of Portland-Casterton Road will start later this year, with about 4km of road rebuilding works also taking place between Merino and Casterton.


Upgrades to the Penola-Casterton Road were completed earlier this year. Click here to read our story


A final seal will also be laid on about 24km of the Portland-Nelson Road between Portland and the South Australian border with just over 1km of the road being rebuilt near Nelson.

The federal and Victorian governments have invested $20 million each in the $40 million project over four years to upgrade the Henty Highway, Portland-Casterton Road and Portland-Nelson Road – the key arterial roads that serve the Port of Portland.

Recently completed works include upgrades to another 13km of the Henty Highway, another 2km of the Portland Ring Road and the Portland Ring Road intersection at Madeira Packet Road.

Multiple roads have also been resurfaced, including about 30km of roadway between Portland and the South Australian border, the Henty Highway/Princes Highway intersection near Portland, 9km between Heywood and Hamilton and a final seal on about 32km of previously rebuilt roadway between Casterton and Drumborg.

Victorian roads minister Luke Donnellan says the freight industry will reap the benefits of these works.

“We’re fixing the roads our primary producers rely on every day to get their goods to market as quickly and safely as possible – and that’s good news for local jobs and business,” Donnellan says.

 

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