In May, RACV released the results of its Dangerous Roads survey, which asked Victorians which were the worst roads to drive on in the state.
Across northern Victoria, sections of the Murray Valley Hwy — stretching 628.5 kilometres from Robinvale to beyond Corryong — were rated among the worst roads in the state by everyday drivers.
In RACV’s assessment of the road with the Australian Road Assessment Program it determined 69.49 per cent of the road was rated either one to two stars out of five.
AusRAP rates road quality by assessing factors such as roadside hazards, sharp bends, narrow lanes and shoulders and how well speed is managed along the route.
According to AusRAP, crashes on one to two-star roads are likely to result in very serious or fatal outcomes.
State Member for Northern Victoria Wendy Lovell raised the condition of the highway in a constituency question in state parliament on Tuesday, June 16.
She asked Roads and Road Safety Minister Ros Spence whether she would take “urgent action” to repair the damaged sections of the Murray Valley Hwy.
“Despite announcing road repair blitzes in the last two budgets, the Allan Labor Government has failed to significantly improve the state of the regional road network,” she said.
“One of the worst in my electorate is the Murray Valley Hwy, which is the key conduit for freight vehicles and tourists visiting the Murray.
“The minister must immediately order full repairs for all damaged sections of the highway.”
Two days later, State Member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell echoed these sentiments, specifically for a section of the highway in Kotupna, in a constituency question.
“When will the deep and dangerous potholes on the Murray Valley Hwy at Kotupna be fixed properly? The Murray Valley Hwy is a disgrace,” she said.
“Time after time the surface is repaired to a subpar standard, and I find myself here asking for the same stretches of road to be repaired.
“My constituents pay their taxes and their registration just like everyone else and they deserve their roads to be repaired in a timely manner and to a high standard.”
The state government has allocated more than $1 billion in the 2026-27 budget to rebuild, repair and resurface roads across Victoria.
More than 70 per cent of that funding was directed towards regional roads.
While announcing the allocation, Ms Spence said the funding would rebuild and repair the roads that Victorians depend on every day.
Find out more about the risky roads near you by visiting AusRAP’s interactive map at tinyurl.com/4tp9h4yx
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