Human history is recorded in the landscape, in monuments, in documents and in objects used and discarded each day. These records are 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
  
  

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