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Victorian prisoners to be sent out torepair roads under Labor’s pothole plan

Inmates would take over ‘basic’ road maintenance duties, allowing skilled crews to focus on fixing 500,000 potholes

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Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent31 Aug 2026, 05:07 amUpdated 15h ago1 min readWorldWorld

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Victorian prisoners to be sent out to repair roads under Labor’s pothole plan

Inmates would take over ‘basic’ road maintenance duties, allowing skilled crews to focus on fixing 500,000 potholes

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Victorian prisoners will be put to work on road maintenance as part of Labor’s plan to fix the state’s potholes if re-elected.

The state’s premier, Ben Carroll, outlined the plan on Monday off the back of an announcement on Sunday that the government would be increasing the road maintenance budget by $352m to fix 500,000 potholes by the end of January.

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Source: The Guardian · Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent. Published 31 Aug 2026, 05:07 am.

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