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Maintenance schedule

An overview of our maintenance programs - pruning, street sweeping, trap cleaning etc - and how often they are carried out.

What Maintenance activity How often?
Roadside Trees Urban: All urban trees inspected and pruned as necessary 3 years
  Rural: Inspection of road reserve, ensure vertical and horizontal clearances achieved, pruning as necessary
3 years
  Power line clearance: Trees are inspected annually and pruned where required. This is to maintain clearance in accordance with the Electricity Safety Regulations in the declared areas that Council are responsible. 1 year
Road Reserves Rural Roads – roadside slashing of grass twice per year
Nov - Dec,
Jan - Feb
  Grass cutting and garden maintenance at selected Central Business Districts and Community Facilities 2 weeks
  Grass cutting and garden maintenance on Selected VicRoads road reserves that Council maintain on their behalf by agreement 4 weeks

Unsealed Roads

Dust Suppressant Program on designated unsealed roads during the period November to March, each year

1 year during summer

 

Inspection of all unsealed roads

4 weeks

Sealed Roads

Repainting of linemarking on all relevant roads (including controlled intersections) and car parks

3 years

Road Signage

Maintenance of Signage (where required) on all roads

1 year

Pedestrian and School Crossings

Repainting school and pedestrian crossings (all roads)

1 year

Side Entry Pits

(Road Reserves, Parks/ Reserves and Car Parks)

Clear Pits of litter, silt and other debris.

Visual hazard and defects inspection of structure and components

1 year

Open Drains in Road Reserve

Vegetation management and grass cutting 1 year

Pits and Structures identified as high risk

Clear specific pits of litter, silt and other debris

Visual hazard and defects inspection of structure and components

3 months

Litter Traps

Empty & Visual hazard and defects inspection of structure and components

1 month

Gross Pollutant Traps
(high maintenance)

Empty & Visual hazard and defects inspection of structure and components

2 months

Gross Pollutant Traps
(low maintenance)

Empty & Visual hazard and defects inspection of structure and components

4 months

Stormwater Pump Station Maintenance

Pits cleared of silt and other debris

Efficient and safe pump operation

Visual hazard and defects inspection of structure and components

2 weekly

Litter Bin Maintenance

Bins, Fittings and Fixtures , Repairs or Replace

Repaired/Replaced as Required

Kerb and Channel -

Please note that we will not go out and do special requests for additional street sweeping. If urgent, i.e. glass, a crew will go out and clean up manually.

Road/Street Sweeping of designated commercial areas (including car parks)

Daily M - F

 

Road/Street Sweeping of designated Industrial Areas

2 weeks

 

Road/Street Sweeping of designated Intersections

1 month

 

Road/Street Sweeping of Residential streets and designated Car Parks

6 weeks

Footpath

Sweeping in designated commercial areas

2 per week

Contact us

For more information on roads maintenance, or if you would like to know where we are in a maintenance cycle, please contact us.

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