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Gippsland featured in top 10 worst roads voted by Victorians and will be prioritised by elected Liberals and Nationals coalition

The Nationals' list of top 10 worst roads as voted by Victorians gained significant attention across the state last week.

By news@gippsland - 31st August 2022 - Back to News

The campaign to find the state's most notorious stretch of road received more than 2000 responses, with the Great Alpine Road crowned the worst of them all. Declaring which is the worst road is a great way to start an argument. But the votes lodged sent a clear message - the days of bitumen bandaids are over.

Member for Gippsland Darren Chester MP and Member for Gippsland South Danny O'Brien MP, when they visited one of the worst roads in Victoria

Hazardous roads legacy

Victorians have spoken and they're pleading that someone listen and deliver the safer roads they need - and deserve. The state of our regional network is abysmal and it's the inevitable outcome of cut after cut to the road maintenance budget.

Last year $191 million was stripped from vital regional infrastructure maintenance and a further $24 million this year. That's after Labor axed the Country Roads and Bridges program. Labor has been in government 19 of the past 23 years and it is leaving Victorians a legacy of hazardous roads.

Deliver funding guarantee

An elected Liberals and Nationals government will deliver the nation's first Regional Infrastructure Funding Guarantee with 25 percent of new infrastructure spending dedicated to regional Victoria - matching our share of population, and up from Labor's current 13 percent.

The patchwork strategy of cheap repairs that rarely last beyond the next heavy rain won't fix Victoria's crumbling road system. Only a change in government can deliver that.

Pictures from Darren Chester Facebook page.

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