‘Never gets better’: Drivers’ fur y over ‘Band-Aid fix’ for Vic’s broken road network

Email Victorian commuters have claimed the Allan government has put “people’s lives at risk” with mammoth cuts to resurfacing works, leaving towns plagued with potholes.

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