Having repeatedly raised the poor condition of Stratford-Maffra Road in State Parliament this year, Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, has received confirmation works will soon be undertaken.   “After questioning the Minister again recently, he has advised VicRoads’ resealing program has been ‘reprioritised’, with a 1.45-kilometre stretch of the Stratford-Maffra Road to be resealed due to ‘further deterioration of the surface’,” Mr Bull said.

“Today the Minister has written to me confirming VicRoads has reprioritised its works in Gippsland and that this work had been added to the agenda,” Mr Bull said.

Mr Bull said it was great news for the residents of Stratford, Maffra, Heyfield and other surrounding towns, who use the road every day.

“Having travelled the road regularly over recent months, I have seen first-hand its continual deterioration,” he said.

“I have noted that there were more than 120 patches on the six-kilometre stretch, along with other areas where the surface is broken and the shoulders crumbling.”

The Minister has confirmed the works will occur “in the warmer months”.

Caption: Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, inspects one area on the Stratford-Maffra Road that will be fixed as part of a VicRoads’ “reprioritised” resealing program.

Thursday, September 29, 2016