A website set up by Labor earlier this year to identify the roads most in need of repair across Victoria found Colac-Ballarat Road was the worst.

Both Liberal candidate for Buninyong Ben Taylor and Ballarat East MP Geoff Howard have held numerous media events on the road, criticising its current state and claiming they want to address the issue.

However, neither have managed to secure major funding for the road to be completely repaired and reconstructed.

It is unclear which parts of the road Labor's promised $2 million would be spent on, however it would be in addition to the $1-million already budgeted for Colac-Ballarat Road by the Coalition.

Enfield resident Bill Pinhey said the road required major works.

"We have to drive on the white line because that is the smoothest part and that is the only way to get a smooth ride, but soon we will have to drive on the grass verge to get a smooth ride," he said.

"We have just had to buy a new car because this road has just shook the life out of it, it was costing us a fortune to repair.

"This road is dead from the time you get on it until the time you get to Cressy."

Golden Plains mayor Jenny Blake said the road was a long-running issue for residents, who often complained to council about the lack of attention it received.

Ms Blake said the funding would not cover the work needed, but it was a start.

"I would anticipate it will not be sufficient to do the work that is required right now and in the coming 12 months," she said.

"In order to ensure the safety of the travelling public, there needs to be a considerable investment in the road and it needs to be done now and into the future."

The $2-million will go towards repair and maintenance of the road.

At Wednesday's announcement, Opposition spokesperson for roads Luke Donnellan, who himself has visited the road multiple times and heavily criticised its condition, believed the $2-million would be enough to fix "99.9 per cent" of the problems that Labor have identified.

"On the estimates we have done, it will certainly go a long way to fixing 99.9 per cent of what we have identified today," he said.

"We don't have the full resources of the government, to actually do an audit of every road.

"The best case we have been able to make out from our assessments is that this will do the job."

However, Mr Howard said the funding clearly wouldn't deal with the entire task .

"There are some serious sections of road that need reconstruction, right from the Midland Highway right through to Enfield, but this will go some way to addressing some of the serious concerns for some of those serious potholes, it is dangerous," he said.

Mr Taylor said $1.04 million is what VicRoads had indicated was needed for the road and is what has been budgeted and put to tender by the government.

matthew.dixon@fairfaxmedia.com.au