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Roads, Drains & Footpaths


Asset Construction Standards

Council has adopted an Infrastructure Design Manual to define the standards of construction of infrastructure that is to be built in road reserves. The IDM is available for download.

Stormwater

The responsibilities of landowners and Council relating to stormwater drainage.

Whose Road Is It?

Council manages all local roads in the shire, while Victoria's Department of Transport and Planning manages all arterial roads in the shire, such as the Princes Highway.

Nature Strip Plantings

Colac Otway Shire Council has developed a Nature Strip Planting Policy and associated guidelines in order to support our community’s endevours to improve and beautify nature strips outside their property boundaries in urban and township settings.


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Post: PO Box 283, Colac VIC 3250
Phone: +61 3 5232 9400 (24-hours a day)
Email: inq@colacotway.vic.gov.au

Colac Customer Service Centre
2-6 Rae Street, Colac

Colac Visitor Information Centre
Corner Murray and Queen Streets, Colac

Apollo Bay Customer Service Centre
GOR Visitor Information Centre
100 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay


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Acknowledgement

Colac Otway Shire Council proudly acknowledges the Gulidjan and Gadubanud peoples, past, present and emerging, as the traditional custodians of the Colac Otway region. 

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