The Nationals’ Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, is calling on residents across the Wimmera and south-west Victoria to flood the RACV with feedback on the area’s worst roads.
The RACV has launched its annual My Country Road survey to ask Victorians for their thoughts on the most dangerous country highways identified by RACV, or to nominate a regional road they believe urgently needs safety improvements.
The Western, Henty, Pyrenees and Glenelg highways are among those the RACV has identified.
Ms Kealy said more than half of serious road crashes in Victoria happened on regional roads, and many on highways identified by the RACV as high-risk due to their design and crash history, including the Western Highway.
Of the 114 people killed on Victorian roads so far this year, 68 of these deaths occurred in regional areas.
“Our roads and highways are our lifeblood, but they are disintegrating because of lack of funding and maintenance,” Ms Kealy said.
“Major thoroughfares like the Western Highway are falling to bits. This is the main route from Melbourne to Adelaide and yet it is riddled with potholes, shoulders are crumbling, and the promised duplication has been stalled since 2019.
“The fact the RACV is even running this survey shows we have a major problem.
“Labor talks about ‘rebuilding and repairing’, but our roads are worse than ever.
“Our communities are paying the price for a Labor government that has got its priorities all wrong.
“Only the Nationals will work with rural and regional communities to deliver the investments in roads that our communities need and deserve.”
Ms Kealy encouraged people to visit racv.com.au/haveyoursay to log their concerns.
The survey closes on 17 July 2026.
