Local motorists have been advised of action set to impact local roads.
Oversized twin loads, each 78 metres long and roughly 5 metres wide, are set to make their way from Geelong to Mortlake over four nights.
The Department of Transport and Planning has advised motorists the transports weigh 355.5 tonnes each and will travel at speeds of up to 60km/h and will have to slow to around 5km/h over bridges or around corners.
The first leg of the trip will see the loads travel from GeelongPort to Birregura, using along St Georges Road, Cox Road, Anakie Road and the Geelong Ring Road to reach the Princes Highway.
The second leg will travel via the Princes Highway through Colac, Cobden-Stonyford Road, Camperdown-Cobden Road, the Princes Highway through Boorcan, MacKinnons Bridge Road, Terang-Mortlake Road, the Hamilton Highway and Connewarren Lane before arriving at the Mortlake Power Station.
LOAD ONE
Leg 1: 1am Saturday July 26 – 5am Saturday July 26
Leg 2: 10pm Monday July 28 – 4am Tuesday July 29
LOAD TWO
Leg 1: 1am Sunday July 27 – 5am Sunday July 27
Leg 2: 10pm Wednesday July 30 – 4am Thursday July 31
Drivers have been warned that failure to follow direction form traffic management will delay the operation and may put road-users at risk.
There will be limited opportunities to pass under supervision of specialist support crew, who will accompany the load for the entire journey.
They will make sure roads are safe, helping them manoeuvre around corners, temporarily removing signs and lights, and placing steel supports over existing drainage.
Victoria Police and the National Heavy Vehicle Register may enforce penalties for those who fail to comply.
