Council
12 November, 2025
Riordan calls for road repairs
MEMBER for Polwarth Richard Riordan has slammed the state of south west roads, speaking in Victorian Parliament recently to address the Minister for Roads and Road Safety.
During adjournment, Mr Riordan addressed the minister, seeking action to take place to repair south west Victoria’s deteriorating road network.
“The action I seek is for the immediate repair of copious dangerous potholes on the Princes Highway” he said.
“This road has become a nightmare over recent weeks with the rain that luckily has finally come to western Victoria.
“The road surfacing across Polwarth, as a general rule, is nothing short of a disgrace.”
Mr Riordan said in his meetings with Corangamite and Moyne Shire councils, roads were one of the main topic brought up during discussions.
“This week I also hosted the various south west council groups – Corangamite shire, Moyne and others – who form the greater area that makes up south west Victoria, and each one of those delegates, whether it was mayor Kate Makin from Corangamite or another representative, raised the need for increased road funding,” he said.
“We heard at the lunch break today from the SouthWest Victoria Alliance, when the mayor of Warrnambool Ben Blain again raised the need to see roads on the agenda as a crucial part of ongoing prosperity and need in rural and regional Victoria, and south west Victoria is by no means an exception.
“We heard from one of the businesspeople that were speaking to the group.
“His road repair costs for his modest-sized business are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for extra damage to cars, trucks, tyres and so on.
“The roads in western Victoria are in crisis. Minister, I seek your action to at least get the Princes Highway west of Geelong repaired.”
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