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Riders beware: more potholes on the way
According to a newspaper report, Victoria's road maintenance budget has been slashed over the next financial year, which isn't good news for motorcyclistsThe bane – sometimes with horrible circumstances – of motorcyclists, potholes, could become more prevalent in Victoria, according to a report in The Age newspaper.
According to the broadsheet, the state’s road maintenance budget has been slashed this financial year, with VicRoads engineers warning that drivers – and by extension all road users – should brace for more potholes and cracked asphalt on top of surfaces which have already been under stress from heavy rainfall in many parts of the state.
The Age reports that in the year to June, VicRoads resurfaced 12.7 million square metres of road across the state. In the current financial year, the authority expects to resurface only 5.1 million square metres, or 60 percent less.
The savage cuts at VicRoads, which are also expected to costs hundreds of jobs at the statutory authority, are part of the ruling Liberal government’s desire to deliver a budget surplus.
But the strategy has been attacked by a number of organisations, including the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia.
''This is classic short-term decision-making: slash jobs, slash budgets so it looks good now, and leave a hole for the next government to try to fix. But the long-term implications for this are huge,'' manager Bede Payne said.
Nearly $400 million has been earmarked over the next financial year for road maintenance.
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