A spokesperson for the Lal Lal Wind Farm has clarified the role the wind farm has in maintaining roads.

"Lal Lal Wind Farms contractors, Zenviron and Vestas have had responsibility to maintain and uphold the condition of the Yendon-Egerton Road, as per the agreement with the Moorabool Shire Council," they said in a statement.

"This arrangement has been in place through the construction phase of the project.

"On June 25, 2019, Yendon Egerton Road was inspected and assessed by Moorabool Shire Council.

"After this assessment Yendon Egerton Road was handed back to Moorabool Shire Council to maintain.

"Regular assessments were carried out by Zenviron and Vestas as well as dilapidation surveys conducted at the beginning and the end of construction, on the local roads in use by the project.

"Maintenance of the road was conducted by both Vestas and Zenviron during the construction phase.

"Potholes have been repaired and sections of roads have been resurfaced.

"This Yendon-Egerton Road is an important throughfare for local residents, travelling public as well as our own employees and contractors.

"We take our role to maintaining road seriously as there is nothing more important than people getting where they need to go, safely."

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As major construction works draw to a close in the area, residents between Ballarat and Ballan say their roads have been left in an appalling condition.

They say hundreds of trucks, heading to the rail line upgrade project and Lal Lal wind farm, have torn up the road surface, causing safety hazards.

Moorabool Shire is struggling to keep up, with poor weather through the winter hindering large-scale fixes, but the damage is already so bad in some places roads may have to be rebuilt from scratch.

Neil Leonard, who lives near Bungaree, said the companies had a responsibility to work with Moorabool's council to fix up the roads before someone gets hurt.

"If a young kid comes along there and gets confronted with a truck heading the other way, gets off and hits that, he'll be straight into a tree," he said.

"The results could be devastating."

His neighbour Gerard White, a keen cyclist, said bike riders often take routes like the Old Melbourne Road, and the damage was obvious.

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"Some don't get off the road, they run you off the road," he said.

"I was on my bike here a month ago, and sure enough, I came off onto my backside because a lady came straight up the middle of the road - I tried to get back on the road but the edges were too big."

Mark Weigall said he had no confidence the roads around his property would be fixed.

He's been keeping track of the heavy trucks on the rural roads, he added.

"Filling holes, which is what (council) is able to do, that's short term," he said.

"With the degradation of the road now, it's pretty hard to recover it to even what it was, and ... doing the sidings and the shoulders is fantastic but there'll be a point where it'll go back to where it was and we just won't use the road."

Moorabool mayor Paul Tatchell is furious about the state of the roads, but concedes it will be a team effort to put the pieces back together.

He welcomes the investment in the region, which he said is often overlooked as merely a route between Ballarat and Melbourne, but says with the growth and projects, the council needs support to keep up, especially with fundamental infrastructure like roads.

"We're dealing with the unintended consequences of massive works being done in the region," he said.

"The knock-on effect is putting a lot of pressure on a council with limited resources."

In the planning permits for both the Ballarat Line Upgrade and the Lal Lal Wind Farm, there's requirements to restore the condition of roads - council will be following up with dilapidation reports and providing maintenance in the mean time.

A spokesperson for Regional Rail Revival said the project is "working closely" with the council

"We're continuing to work with Moorabool Shire Council to assess the impact of the project on local roads and develop a plan to rectify any damage resulting from our works so roads are reinstated to their condition prior to works starting," they said.

As construction on the project is entering its final months, work is now underway to assess in detail the condition of local roads used by construction vehicles for the project, including in the Millbrook area.

This assessment will inform a proposed plan for roadworks to rectify any project related damage, including a timeline of when works would take place.

A spokesperson for Lal Lal Wind Farms said the roads have been assessed throughout construction.

"Maintenance repairs have been carried out throughout the construction phase of the project for local roads in use," they said.

"Yendon-Egerton Road has been handed back to Council to maintain as of July 2019 when this road was no longer in use by the project."

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