Annual Sealed Road Resurfacing
About this project
Council has over 469 kilometres of sealed roads to maintain and funds an annual renewal program to resurface a small proportion of this urban and rural network. This program is predominately developed by reviewing the condition and age of sections of road, but also for improved amenity within the streetscape.
Why was this project undertaken?
As a road surface ages, the bitumen within it becomes brittle and can crack or lose its ability to hold onto the stone aggregate surface. This leads to water penetrating the underlying structure of the road which can cause more major failures like potholes. So, while your road or street might look to be in serviceable condition, by the time of resurfacing it is likely reaching this point of brittleness and may soon begin to fail. Most sealed roads are resurfaced once every 15-25 years, varying according to a wide variety of factors.
What happened and when?
Works commenced in late October 2024 and were completed by mid-December 2024.
The roads included in this year's program were as follows:
| Road or Street Name | Element | Start Reference | Start Chainage | End Reference | End Chainage | Overall Segment length (m) | Location |
| Back Creek Road | Full Width | 00 at Myrtleford / Yackandandah Road | 0 | Change in seal | 362 | 362 | Yackandandah |
| Full Width | 362 | As Marked | 1,213 | 851 | Yackandandah | ||
| Full Width | 1,213 | As Marked | 2,067 | 854 | Yackandandah | ||
| Full Width | 2,325 | As Marked | 3,350 | 1,025 | Yackandandah | ||
| Steel Road | Full Width | Back Creek Road | 0 | End seal at turaround | 215 | 215 | Yackandandah |
| Mongan Lane | Full Width | Osbornes Flat Road | 0 | Seal Change | 1,337 | 1,337 | Yackandandah |
| Brennan Lane | Full Width | Osborne Flat Road | 0 | Y-Terminus | 273 | 273 | Yackandandah |
| Fernleigh Court | Full Width | Mahons Lane | 0 | Gate | 495 | 495 | Yackandandah |
| Hobbs Close | Full Width | Isaccs Avenue | 0 | Court bowl | 345 | 345 | Yackandandah |
| Station Lane | Full Width | Isaccs Avenue | 0 | End Seal | 475 | 475 | Yackandandah |
| Maynard Road | Full Width | Station Lane | 0 | End of seal | 211 | 211 | Yackandandah |
| Kibell Lane | Full Width | 00 @ Alma Road (Start Seal) | 990 | End Road @ Gate | 4,580 | 3,590 | Beechworth |
| Diffey Road | Full Width | 00 @ Bridge Road (Seal Change) | 602 | As Marked | 1,610 | 1,008 | Beechworth |
| Crawford Street (Beechworth) | Full Width | Mellish Street | 0 | Taylor Street (Seal Change) | 355 | 355 | Beechworth |
| Taylor Street | Full Width | Buckland Gap Service Road | 0 | Crawford Street | 145 | 145 | Beechworth |
| Buckland Gap Service Road | Full Width | 95m South of Mellish Street | 95 | Buckland Gap Road | 425 | 330 | Beechworth |
| Barkley Street | Full Width | Bridge Road (Beechworth-Wangaratta) | 0 | End at gate | 293 | 293 | Beechworth |
| Shehan Drive | Full Width | Change Seal | 274 | Warner Road | 396 | 122 | Beechworth |
| Williams Street | Full Width | Ford Street | 0 | Loch Street | 110 | 110 | Beechworth |
| Wood Street | Full Width | Fredrick Street | 0 | End Seal | 73 | 73 | Beechworth |
| Reid Street | Full Width | Main Street (Chiltern-Howlong Road) | 0 | Park Street | 121 | 121 | Chiltern |
| Church Street | Full Width | Park Street | 0 | Albert Road | 155 | 155 | Chiltern |
| North Road | Full Width | Chiltern-Rutherglen (Road Reserve Boundary as marked) | 0 | Albert Road | 463 | 463 | Chiltern |
| Crawford Street (Chiltern) | Full Width | Main Street (Seal Change) | 206 | End Seal @ Suffolk St | 435 | 229 | Chiltern |
| Highview Place | Full Width | Crawford Street | 0 | End (cul-de-sac) | 88 | 88 | Chiltern |
| McLean Street | Full Width | MacKay Street | 0 | End Seal | 340 | 340 | Chiltern |
| Gordon Street | Full Width | 00 @ High Street (Seal Change) | 615 | North road | 735 | 120 | Chiltern |
| MacKay Street | Flood Repair Patch | 200m West of Mclean Street Job | 0 | 11 | 11 | Chiltern | |
| Murray Street (Part 1) | Full Width | Fortune Street | 0 | High Street | 542 | 542 | Rutherglen |
| Murray Street (Part 2) | Full Width | High Street (00 @ Fortune Street) | 549 | Moodemere Street (Murray Valley Hwy) | 1,320 | 771 | Rutherglen |
| Drummond Street | Full Width | Murray Street | 0 | Main Street (Murray Valley Hwy) | 100 | 100 | Rutherglen |
| Murphy Street South | Full Width | Main Street | 0 | Murray Street | 100 | 100 | Rutherglen |
| Nott Street | LHS Shoulder | Hamilton Street | 0 | Booth Street | 150 | 150 | Rutherglen |
| Booth Street | LHS Shoulder | Nott Street | 0 | Kerb change | 112 | 112 | Rutherglen |
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Friday 22 November update
Share Friday 22 November update on Facebook Share Friday 22 November update on Twitter Share Friday 22 November update on Linkedin Email Friday 22 November update linkOur Annual Reseal program continued this week with resurfacing works carried out on a number of roads including several urban streets in Rutherglen today.
Works are planned to move to Chiltern on Saturday with minor finishing works likely over the next few weeks.
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Friday 8 November update
Share Friday 8 November update on Facebook Share Friday 8 November update on Twitter Share Friday 8 November update on Linkedin Email Friday 8 November update linkWe’ve completed a reseal of part of Williams Street in Beechworth.
The section between Ford Street and Loch Steet has been upgraded with a river gravel shoulder, providing a more attractive road surface which compliments the heritage surrounds.
The lighter colour stone also helps reduce urban heat and will be progressively rolled out as part of our annual reseal program.
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Friday 1 November update
Share Friday 1 November update on Facebook Share Friday 1 November update on Twitter Share Friday 1 November update on Linkedin Email Friday 1 November update linkWorks commenced this week, with Back Creek Road in Yackandandah the first to be resealed.
Several sites around Yackandandah and Beechworth have now been spray sealed, with works around Chiltern and Rutherglen will be completed in a few weeks.