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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Empty & Visual hazard and defects inspection of structure and components |
2 months |
Gross Pollutant Traps |
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 |
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Road/Street Sweeping of designated Intersections |
1 month |
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Road/Street Sweeping of Residential streets and designated Car Parks |
6 weeks |
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Footpath |
Sweeping in designated commercial areas |
2 per week |
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For more information on roads maintenance, or if you would like to know where we are in a maintenance cycle, please contact us.