Human history is recorded in the landscape, in monuments, in documents and in objects used and discarded each day. All of these combine to form our cultural heritage.
Cultural heritage sites are important reminders of our past. We work with specialist consultants, regulatory authorities, interest groups and the local community to manage and protect our cultural heritage during road construction and maintenance.
We do this through:
surveys during planning to identify significant sites
stakeholder consultation on identified cultural heritage sites
management plans and agreements for road projects impacting on cultural heritage
maintenance of key heritage sites
Indigenous cultural awareness training for VicRoads staff
Important heritage initiatives from recent VicRoads projects include:
altering alignments to avoid impacts to significant heritage sites
relocating scarred trees threatened by road alignments
recording and salvaging artefacts such as stone tools or shell middens
restoring and strengthening old bridges
road and roadside asset naming
installing interpretative displays on roadsides