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Drop-in session

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Most of Council's stormwater infrastructure was constructed in the 1970s and 1980s and is now 50%-60% into its estimated useful life. Council manages minor drainage systems, while Melbourne Water oversees major drains and waterways.

Learn more on our Responsibility for stormwater and drainage webpage.

The draft Plan addresses Council's stormwater assets only.

• 1,188km of drainage pipes
• 39,600 drainage pits
• Stormwater assets include drainage pits and pipes, wetlands, stormwater tanks, raingardens, tree pits and permeable paving.

Council is developing a new Stormwater Asset Management Plan to replace the 2010 Drainage Asset Management Plan. The new plan expands our focus beyond pipes and pits to include:

• Wetlands
• Stormwater tanks
• Tree pits
• Raingardens

The 10-year plan will guide improvements in how we manage stormwater assets. A key initiative we are proposing is the upgrade of 97km of very small 100mm diameter pipes to 300mm diameter pipes — a significant upgrade that will improve drainage performance and help manage stormwater more effectively.

Our road infrastructure provides residents access to places and services. It also supports economic activity, and other essential services such as public transport, waste management and emergency services.

Council manages local and non-arterial roads (roads with lower traffic volumes), while VicRoads is responsible for major arterial roads (roads with high volumes of traffic).

Learn more on our Road and street maintenance web page.

The Road Management Plan outlines Council roads only.

• 729km of roads
• 1,249km of footpaths
• 14km of offroad shared paths

Council’s road management responsibilities are among the most important services we provide. The Road Management Plan outlines how we inspect, maintain and repair roads and related assets such as footpaths and shared paths, in accordance with the Road Management Act.

We review this plan every 4 years to ensure our service levels remain appropriate. Our latest review shows:

• We are managing roads at appropriate levels.
• Therefore, minimal changes are proposed to our current approach.
• Benchmarking against other Councils, evaluating our road management service, and insurer recommendations support our strategy.
• Since 2012, feedback from community satisfaction surveys for our road management performance has demonstrated steady improvement.
• In 2024/25, customer satisfaction with Council-managed roads was 6.8/10, up from 6.7 the previous year, indicating overall satisfaction with our road management approach.

To make a complaint, compliment or suggestion about any of our local roads, please contact Council via the following link: Complaints, compliments or suggestions | Knox

We are identifying investment priorities and funding allocation to support ongoing investment in Council’s suite of stormwater assets.

By reviewing feedback as provided by our community and presenting this to inform Council’s response to this feedback prior to endorsing the Stormwater Asset Management Plan.

Residents within the Knox community, and users of Council’s Open Space facilities and services.

For this project we will be engaging our community at the level of Consult on the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Spectrum.
This means we will listen to what you say and consider it when we make a decision.

Prioritise investment allocations across stormwater assets.

Identification of areas deemed to have an increased flood risk profile.

The levels of flood protection provided by Council’s Stormwater infrastructure. Council is responsible for stormwater infrastructure that provides protection from a 1 in 5 year flood event in residential areas, and 1 in 10 year flood event in industrial areas.

We are confirming our maintenance service standards for managing our road networks.

By reviewing feedback as provided by our community and presenting this to inform Council’s response to this feedback prior to endorsing the Road Management Plan review.

All local road, footpath and shared path users.

For this project we will be engaging our community at the level of Consult on the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Spectrum.
This means we will listen to what you say and consider it when we make a decision.

Our standards for maintenance of local roads within Knox.

Standards of maintenance on VicRoads controlled roads.