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About the plan
Our Road Management Plan sets out how we will inspect, maintain and repair our local:
- streets
- pathways
- kerbs and channels
- other road assets.
The plan includes the road assets we are responsible for maintaining. It doesn’t include main arterial roads or freeways. These are owned, managed and maintained by the Department of Transport and Planning.
Councils are required to review this plan every 4 years. This important work makes sure our community can safely move around our suburbs on foot and in vehicles.
Have your say
We have reviewed the current Road Management Plan and drafted an updated version. You’re invited to look over these proposed improvements and make a submission on the draft plan.
We’re striving to improve maintenance across Boroondara
When you report an issue to Council, we respond by inspecting it and deciding when and how to fix the issue. We’ve listened to your feedback and we’re finding new ways to deliver results.
After reviewing our road management since 2021, we believe we can extend our standards to include inspecting and maintaining road assets in 4 more situations. The new proposed standards are:
Response time of 28 days where there’s a height difference of 20 mm or more on asphalt paths with high traffic levels. Where traffic levels are low, the response time will be 42 days in asphalt paths. The difference in heights will be ground down and/or the replaced.
- Response time of 14 days to keep a 4.2 metre clearance from tree branches etc. above link and collector roads, and a response time of 42 days above local roads. Branches will be pruned and the hazard mitigated.
- Response time of 14 days to keep a 2.5 metre clearance from tree branches etc. above high traffic paths, and a response time of 42 days above low traffic paths. Branches will be pruned and the hazard mitigated.
Response time of 28 days for retaining walls with visible damage on components likely to affect users or public safety. The damage may warrant temporary repair and/or permanent repair or replacement of the unsafe or damaged components. If repair is not practicable, hazard is mitigated and repair scheduled for the next financial year.
We’re proposing to repair defects in laneways when they are smaller than is currently the case.
- Height differences in concrete laneways will be repaired if the difference is 50 mm (previously 75 mm).
- Smaller potholes on gravel or natural surface laneways will be repaired if the pothole is 450 mm diameter or larger and 100 mm deep (previously 750 mm diameter and 200 mm deep).
- Smaller deformations on gravel or natural surface laneways will be repaired if the defect is more than 100 mm deep within a 1,200 mm length (previously 300 mm within 1,000 mm).
Read a summary of the results (PDF) from our review and the suggested key changes.
Download the draft plan
The draft plan is available for download and will open in a new window. If you need additional support, please contact us.
What happens next?
Your comments about the proposed plan will be carefully considered by the Council officers who are updating the Road Management Plan. These comments will be summarised and shared with Councillors who will also consider them when the draft plan is presented to them for adoption.
