Roadside Management
The management of roadsides within the Surf Coast Shire is split between Council and Transport Victoria.
Transport Victoria manages major roads within the shire such as the Surf Coast Highway, Great Ocean Road, Hendy Main Road, Deans Marsh–Lorne Road and Princes Highway. For these roads, contact Regional Roads Victoria if you have any queries around road condition, weeds, pest animals, remnant roadside vegetation and wildlife.
Council manages all other roads within the shire, adding up to roughly 1500kms of road verges. Well-managed roadsides contribute to road safety, fire prevention, flood management and the protection of the environment. Council manages road reserves with all of these things in mind.
In 2019 and 2020 Council updated the assessment of native vegetation on the road reserves. The original 1997 roadside assessment report is below along with the methodology used to update the assessment of vegetation condition and extent.