Victoria is facing a “huge” bill for recent flood damage on regional roads. 

A significant number of roads and bridges are still under water following floods this week, with reports of huge potholes and erosion emerging within hours of the most significant rain falling on Thursday. 

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews had earlier announced that the government would spend $165 million on an “emergency road repair blitz” to fix the potholes that could be accessed safely. 

But that is only the beginning of the spending. 

“There'll need to be more funding beyond that, this is an initial funding amount of money and it will underpin those emergency repairs,” Mr Andrews said. 

“Just over the past few days, hundreds of crews have already completed more than 500 individual inspections of larger damaged sites.

“They've found and fixed ... some 10,000 potholes caused by the rain event and have attended more than 20 landslips right across the state.”

Mr Andrews said more funding would be required in coming days. 

The Commonwealth Government has made funding available for a number of local governments to fix roads they are responsible for. 

However, several affected shires have found themselves left off the list so far. 

Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt says the Australian and Victorian governments will work together to support communities.

“Support to councils is available for the costs of the repair and restoration of essential public assets,” he said.

Victorian Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn Symes agreed that impacted communities need support.

“As the water recedes, the impact of the damage will be clearer and we'll be able to provide the support that's needed,” Ms Symes said.