Rebuilding and maintaining sealed roads

Key points

More than $48 million is being invested in building, improving, and maintaining the roads with Cardinia Shire in 2023-24

Council manages 810 kilometres of sealed local roads.
We maintain sealed roads via our Renewal, Resurfacing and Drainage Works programs.
Find out how we plan our roadworks.

Road Pavement Renewal Program

We’re working to upgrade and maintain our existing road network with our annual Road Pavement Renewal Program, which will see 4.5km of road rehabilitated across 4 townships.

Works are now underway on the 2024-25 Road Renewal Program.

In 2023–24, Council worked to rehabilitate, repair, and reconstruct 3.8km of the existing road network.

Why we do road renewal works

Road renewal works or rehabilitation is a full rebuilding of the road pavement. We do these works when the road pavement has lost its strength.
This may be due to the road’s age or heavy usage. It may have potholes, rutting, cracking, and other issues.
We may rehabilitate sections of a road or the entire road, depending on what’s needed.

What renewal works involve

The old road material is dug out and either reused on the same project or another suitable project. A combination of new and recycled material is then used to build a new road pavement, starting with the layers under the surface and finishing off with the black top surface.

Renewal works we’re doing

These works are part of the 2024–25 annual works program:

Township or suburb	Road name	Section of road
Bunyip	Bunyip Modella Rd	Splitter Nar Nar Goon-Longwarry Rd to 45m West of Bunyip Modella Rd Bridge
Cardinia	Dalmore Rd	Ballarto Rd to Driveway at Number 730
Nar Nar Goon	Seven Mile Rd	Home Rd to Bald Hill Rd
Officer	Officer Rd	Brown Rd Intersection to Peterson Rd (South End)

Sealed Road Resurfacing Program

To assist with maintaining the existing roads within Cardinia Shire, Council has resurfaced 37 kilometres of its existing road network in 2022-23.

In 2023–24, 37.5 kilometres of roads are scheduled to be resurfaced.

Why we resurface roads

Resurfacing works are proactive works to help prevent water damage to the road.
Resurfacing at the right time may reduce pavement defects such as potholes, and prevent additional, expensive pavement rehabilitation works to be needed in the future.
Resurfacing works help prolong the life of the road.
Most types of road resurfacing works are done in the warmer months of the year.

What resurfacing works involve

We put a fresh layer over the top layer of the road, using either:

asphalt: a bitumen-based concrete-like mixture of stone and bitumen laid at 30mm thickness or greater.
spray seal: a layer of bitumen sprayed on the road and covered with stones.

How we determine what level of resurfacing work is required

Depending on the condition of the existing pavement, the road function and the traffic volumes, council will select either asphalt works to be completed or a spray seal.

Assessments are completed to determine what level of resurfacing works are required that maximise community benefit and amenity.

Resurfacing works we're doing

These works are part of the 2022–23 annual works program. Works are programmed to begin in November 2023 and finish by June 2024.

Spray seal works*

Suburb	Road name	Section of road
Avonsleigh	Avon Rd	South end of slow point at No.15 to Margaret Rd
Avonsleigh	Kennedy Rd	Avon Rd to Merritts Rd
Beaconsfield	Cooinda Rd	20m North of Driveway at No.50 to Driveway at No.45
Beaconsfield	Payne Rd	Start of seal Cooinda Rd (East) to 11m West of driveway No.98
Bunyip	Abeckett Rd	Roundabout at High St to Drake Ct
Bunyip	Hope St	Driveway No.70 to 32m South of driveway No.106
Bunyip	Hope St	North side of Petty Rd to roundbaout at Wattletree Rd
Bunyip	Nash Rd	Abeckett Rd to Wattletree Rd
Bunyip North	Princes Hwy Service Rd	End of seal at Bunyip River to Wimpole Rd
Catani	Humphries Rd	Kooweerup Longwarry Rd to Mynard Rd
Cockatoo	Hillside Rd	Edmunds Rd to Pakenham Rd
Cockatoo	McBride St	End of splitter Pakenham Rd to Cockatoo Creek bridge
Cockatoo	Mountain Rd	Fell Rd to Woori Yallock Rd
Cora Lynn	Bunyip River Rd	Eight Mile Rd to Nine Mile Rd, excluding both intersections
Dalmore	Lea Rd	Manks Rd to driveway No.85
Emerald	Caroline Cr	South side of driveway No. 45 Charman Ave to end of seal at No.9
Garfield	Ritchie St	Nar Nar Goon Longwarry Rd to Beswick St
Garfield	Thirteen Mile Rd	North end of Walkers Rd drain bridge to 50m North of the golf club entry.
Koo Wee Rup	Island Rd	Lea Rd to driveway No.290
Koo Wee Rup	Moody St	West fence line No.26 to East fence line No.28 (Primary School)
Maryknoll	Wheeler Rd	40m East of Snell Rd to 45m West of Driveway No.60
Monomeith	Monomeith Rd	185m East of No.150 to North East edge of railway line
Nar Nar Goon	Bald Hill Rd	End of Rumble Bars to 125m West of driveway No.655
Nar Nar Goon	Main St	Home Rd to North fence line No. 1 Carney St
Nar Nar Goon North	Bessie Creek Rd	North of Dore Rd to Mt Eirene Rd, excluding the Asphalt intersections
Officer	Officer Rd	Peterson Rd, South to North ends
Pakenham	Ahern Rd	North fence line No.135 to 16m North of the Centre of driveway No.122
Pakenham	Army Rd	End splitter Kennedy Rd to roundabout at Silver Gum Dr
Pakenham	Brown Rd	North of Larmour Rd intersection to West abutment of bridge near Toomuc Valley Rd
Pakenham	Leigh Dr	Army Rd to Ben Dr
Pakenham	Toomuc Valley Rd	55m North of Leppitt Rd to 30m East of Hein Rd, excluding the Asphalt intersection
Pakenham Upper	Hein Rd	Sealed floodway section, West end to East end of the guardrail
Tynong	Railway Av	View St Intersection to Tynong Rd
Tynong North	Tynong North Rd	60m North of Cannibal Creek to North side of Mintern Rd
Vervale	Bunyip River Rd	146m West of Thirteen Mile Rd to Driveway at No.1045
Vervale	Bunyip River Rd	Walker Rd to 140m West of driveway No.815, excluding Gunn Rd Intersection

Asphalt works*

Suburb	Road name	Section of road
Koo Wee Rup	Supreme Cl	No.13 to end of court
Koo Wee Rup	Townley Rd	Rossiter Rd to East fence line No.13
Pakenham	Azalea Ave	Threshold at Sandalwood Dr to Threshold at Sweet Pea Dr
Pakenham	Bentley Ct	The entire road
Pakenham	Blackmore Cl	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Grice Qdt
Pakenham	Bluehills Bvd	Roundabout at Jacaranda Way
Pakenham	Bonneville Pde	Windermere Bvd to fence line No.7
Pakenham	Bohemia Cr	Tyrone Av (South) To Tyrone Av (North)
Pakenham	Botanic Drive	Roundabout at Arbour Rise
Pakenham	Brown Rd	44m East of bridge abutment to Toomuc Valley Rd
Pakenham	Buchan Grn	The entire road, excluding the thresholds at Oaklands Way
Pakenham	Candle Bark Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Stringy Bark Cct
Pakenham	Colonial Way	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Heritage Bvd
Pakenham	Creekbank Views	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Oaklands Way
Pakenham	Flax Place	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Mallee Cct
Pakenham	Freeman Dr	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Sandalwood Dr
Pakenham	Genoa Gr	The entire road, between West fence line No.4 and No.19
Pakenham	Gillian Pl	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Grice Qdt
Pakenham	Gilmore St	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Storey Dr
Pakenham	Grice Qdt	The entire road, excluding the thresholds at connecting roads
Pakenham	Gum Pl	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Stringy Bark Cct
Pakenham	Hayes Ct	From No.9 to Redfern Way
Pakenham	Heritage Bvd	Pioneers Cct (North) to Henry Rd
Pakenham	Honeyeater Way	Sandalwood Dr to South fence line No.18
Pakenham	Howqua Pl	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Oaklands Way
Pakenham	Hume Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Heritage Bvd
Pakenham	Huron Parkway	Bonneville Parade to North fence line No.26
Pakenham	Iris Pl	The entire road
Pakenham	Jacaranda Way	Bluehills Bvd to East fence line No.25
Pakenham	Joseph Banks Dr	Threshold at Blackwood Dr To Britton Dr
Pakenham	Kingfisher Ct	The enire road, without the threshold at Freeman Dr
Pakenham	Lakeside Bvd	East and West segments from Princes Hwy to Waterford Rise and the East segment from Waterford Rise to Shearwater Dr, excluding the two roundabouts
Pakenham	Lyle Blue Ct	Princes Hwy to property line of pub
Pakenham	Macalister Pl	Ashwood Gr to West fence line No.24
Pakenham	Malouf Ct	The entire road, excluding the thresholds
Pakenham	Manning Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Grice Qdt
Pakenham	Mason Mws	The entire road, excluding the thresholds at Grice Qdt and Sandalwood Dr
Pakenham	McAuley Av	The entire road, excluding the thresholds at Dennis Av and Riddell Gr
Pakenham	Michael St	Princes Hwy to Mary St
Pakenham	Oaklands Way	Creekwood Av to South fence line No.9
Pakenham	Pioneers Cr	The entire road, excluding the thresholds at Heritage Bvd
Pakenham	Pommel St	Barrington Dr to North fence line No.48, excluding intersecting thresholds
Pakenham	Riddell Grove	South fence line No.3 to Banjo Paterson Dr, excluding the threshold
Pakenham	River Red Gr	The Park way to Banksia Gr
Pakenham	Sandalwood Dr	The entire road from Park Bvd to roundabout at Clifford Dr, excluding intersecting thresholds
Pakenham	Sassafras Cl	The entire road, without the threshold at St Leonard Way
Pakenham	Settlers Ct	The entire road
Pakenham	Shearers Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Heritage Bvd
Pakenham	Sheoak Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Sandalwood Dr
Pakenham	Storey Dr	Grice Qdt to East fence line No.3
Pakenham	Stringy Bark Cct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Banksia Gr and intersecting thresholds
Pakenham	Tambo Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Hartland Cct
Pakenham	Tasman Way	The entire road, excluding the thresholds at Livingstone Bvd and Overland Rise
Pakenham	Teal Pl	The entire road
Pakenham	The Parkway	Shearwater Dr to south of Banksia Gr, excluding the threshold at Shearwater Dr
Pakenham	Vaughan Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Thornbill Cct
Pakenham	Viola Av	Jacaranda Way to South fence line No.32
Pakenham	Veitch Ct	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Britton Dr
Pakenham	Wattle Cl	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Paperbark Dr
Pakenham	Watts Tce	The entire road, excluding the threshold at Gilmore St
Pakenham	Willowbank Pkt	The entire road
Pakenham	Wills Av	The entire road, excluding the thresholds at Tasman Way, O'Hara Dr and Oxley Dr

*Please note that the planned resurfacing works may be subject to future change.

What to expect if your road is resurfaced

Loose stones

If you have loose stones on your road, then it has had a spray seal – this is when stones are laid over a layer of bitumen, to provide a hard-wearing, skid-resistant surface.
Loose stones will only be there for a short period of time. More stones are used than may actually stick to the surface. These extra stones will stay on the road about 7 days before being swept off. Once we remove them, they are recycled.

A sticky road

The road may get sticky on warm days after being resurfaced, so please be careful not to walk it into your house and/or vehicle if it comes into contact with your shoes.

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