Background

In October 2022 a large active landslip was detected on Bogong High Plains Road between Mt Beauty and Falls Creek, above Bogong Village.

At the time of detection, the landslip was estimated to be approximately 70m high and 100m wide – making it 1 of the largest experienced on Victoria’s road network in 40 years.

Following initial clearing works by the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP), Big Build Roads ramped up works to complete the interim repair with single lane access across the front of the landslip in April 2023. Following this, major works continued with crews removing close to 600,000 tonnes of material from the landslip before successfully restoring 2 lane access on Monday 27 May 2024, ahead of the Winter Ski Season.

With 2 lanes now open, minor finishing works are underway which include:

• shaping maintenance tracks around the major landslip
• cleaning and removing machinery from the area near the AGL shed
• connecting a permanent water supply to Bogong Village.

Thank you to local communities, business owners and visitors to the area for your ongoing patience and support throughout works.

Local road pavement repairs

With landslip remediation works now complete, we’re working in partnership with Alpine Shire Council to repair sections of pavement on local roads that were impacted during clearing works.

Locations include the intersections of Embankment Drive and Nelse Street, and Embankment Drive and the Kiewa Valley Highway. Works will occur near the entrance to the Wermatong Pit and on Damms Road. Approximately 500m2 of pavement will be repaired as part of these works.

Alpine Shire Council will continue works to repair other sections of local roads as part of their annual maintenance calendar.

Second smaller landslip

Heavy rainfall in May 2023 caused a separate smaller landslip further down the mountain between Bogong Village and Mt Beauty.

Crews worked simultaneously to repair this section of the road, which included building a large retaining wall to prevent future incidents at this location.

Major works, including the installation of guardrail to improve safety for drivers, are now complete.