Three reasons grass is out of control on roadsides and in parks across Victoria

Residents across Melbourne have taken it upon themselves to deal with long grass problems on roadsides and roundabouts, and in parks.

Sunbury residents were fed up with Hume City Council and VicRoads failing to mow a roundabout which had waist-high grass, so they got their mowers out and dealt with the problem themselves.

3AW’s Jacqui Felgate has been told councils across the city are “at loggerheads with the state government” over funding to mow grass.

Port Phillip councillor Marcus Pearl says there are three reasons why Victorians have noticed such an increase in overgrown grass on roadsides in recent months.

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In a statement, a Department of Transport spokesperson said grass at the Sunbury roundabout in the footage above was “prioritised” with vegetation maintenance work completed in November 2023.