# 100,000 Potholes Gone

Date: 10 Oct 2026
Released by: Paul Hamer, Minister for Roads and Road Safety

## MediaRelease.co Summary

More than 100,000 potholes have been repaired across Victoria since 1 July, and crews are on track to fix more than 500,000 by the end of June 2027, Roads and Road Safety Minister Paul Hamer said. The work, funded by a $1.4 billion road maintenance investment, covers 6.8 million square metres of road at more than 1,000 projects, including the Western Highway, Hume Freeway and West Gate Freeway.

## Original release

The Carroll Labor Government is prioritising work to fix our roads – and that work has begun. More than 100,000 potholes have already been repaired across Victoria since 1 July. That means crews are on track to fix more than 500,000 by the end of June 2027. That's double what the Liberal-One Nation Coalition claim they'd fix in a year. We’re also doubling the length road receiving significant repairs – to stop potholes forming in the first place. Crews are repairing 6.8 million square metres of road at more than 1,000 projects, across the state. It’s thanks to the biggest road maintenance investment in Victoria's history: $1.4 billion, delivered by Labor. In regional Victoria crews are targeting roads, including: - Western Highway - Glenelg Highway - Princes Highway - Hume Freeway - Calder Highway In Melbourne, crews are targeting roads, including: - West Gate Freeway - Princes Highway - Ballarto Road - Mornington Peninsula Freeway Crews are repairing roads, mowing tens of thousands of kilometres of grass, removing rubbish and cleaning graffiti. They’re inspecting thousands of bridges and maintaining hundreds of traffic lights and electronic road signs. Victorians will see more of these crews on local roads as the weather warms up. Victorians know they can’t trust the Liberals on roads. They cut funding for roads the last time they were in power and under a Liberal-One Nation Coalition, they’ll cut again. Quotes attributable to Minister for Roads and Road Safety Paul Hamer “Our road repair blitz is doubling the number of potholes filled and doubling the length of road repaired.” “More than 100,000 potholes have already been removed, and we're on track to fix more than 500,000 by mid-next year.”

## Key details

- Author/spokesperson: Paul Hamer, Minister for Roads and Road Safety
- Published: 10 Oct 2026
- Publisher country: Australia
- Subject country/region: Victoria (Australia)
- Original source: https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/100000-potholes-gone
- MediaRelease.co URL: https://mediarelease.co/au/mr01804-100-000-potholes-gone-10102026.html

Original source: https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/100000-potholes-gone
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