Landslip Updates

Background

Since 2021, South Gippsland has been heavily impacted by adverse weather with a total of six declared disaster events in that time. The result — over 100 slips have been recorded, with 50 of those fixed to date. Over $13 million worth of works have been approved by Emergency Management Victoria and to date in excess of $9.8 million worth of works have been completed.

At the moment, seven slips are of the greatest concern to Council. These slips are located on:

• Popes Road, Wonga;
• Nippards Track, Foster;
• Clarkes Road, Hallston;
• Grand Ridge Road, Hallston (Site 1);
• Grand Ridge Road, Trida (Site 2);
• Sanders Road, Korumburra (two slip sites); and
• Main South Road, Poowong.

What Next?

Council is in the process of finalising the contracts for the Design and Construction of the major slips and encourages our local contractors to make a submission once the contracts are released.

Until these works are completed, Council will endeavour to keep the roads open for as long as they remain safe. For the more complicated slips, works are likely to progress well into 2023. This means that the load restrictions on these roads will need to stay in place. Applications to receive essential services where the load limit will need to be temporarily lifted will be considered. Please contact Council if this is required at any point.

As further information and updates come to hand regarding these slips, Council will let residents and the community know.

What About the Smaller Slips?

The remaining slips are smaller and have not affected traffic on these roads, however they will also need to be addressed as resources permit.