Vic govt flags road, transport funds boost

THERE will be more money for Victorian roads and public transport in the upcoming state budget, the government says.

Treasurer Michael O'Brien said the government will spend an additional $130 million in road works of four years, with $80m to go on resealing and maintenance and $50m for capital restoration.

He also flagged spending increases for public transport, but would not go into detail.

"There will be significant boost to public transport as well in the budget but we'll leave those for another day," Mr O'Brien told reporters on Saturday.

"There'll be further announcements about road work down the track."

He said the additional funding, announced in one of Melbourne's growth areas in the city's north, meant scheduled maintenance projects would be able to be brought forward.

"(This is )terrific news for people in Melbourne's growing areas such as here in Mernda where we're seeing massive population growth and we need to see roads upgraded," Mr O'Brien said.

The government says the announcement brings its road management budget to more than half a billion dollars for 2014-15.

Opposition leader Daniel Andrews said under the Coalition government, road funding had been up one year and down the next.

"The government's simply putting back a portion of the money they've cut away from important road resurfacing," Mr Andrews said.

"Inconsistent road funding and savage cutbacks seen particularly in road resurfacing makes roads less safe."

He said Labor had proposed an annual allocation of $125m additional funding for the regions and metropolitan Melbourne over eight years.

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