In September a meeting was held between residents, the council and VicRoads in a last ditch effort to save the trees, which have become infested with elm leaf beetle.

Denise Dalton last week said that since September the avenue had continued to deteriorate - and yet VicRoads and the council had failed to step in.

"It's upsetting to have to drive through them and see them deteriorating all the time," she said.

"We were expecting something to happen a couple of weeks after the meeting and nothing has happened."

At the meeting in September VicRoads regional director of western Victoria Lance Midgley said VicRoads would get an arborist to do a thorough check of the trees to determine if they were hazardous to road users.

Last week, Mr Midgley confirmed that an arborist had not been appointed for the job.

Both the council and VicRoads deny responsibility for the trees.

Although VicRoads is responsible for managing the road reserve, anything established on it by someone else is not their responsibility.

Ms Dalton said the trees had been planted shortly after World War I to commemorate the residents of Drummond who went away to war.

"It was a commemoration of their bravery and commitment to Australia at the time," she said.

"We've had a meeting with the Shire of Hepburn where we agreed that the best course of action would be to establish an Avenue of Honour friendship group.

"VicRoads came after World War I so it's a convenient let out."

Mr Midgley said VicRoads had met with the shire and it was agreed that the best course of action would be to establish an Avenue of Honour friendship group.

"The group would be responsible for the care and management of the trees, which is the best step forward to maintain this avenue," he said.

"Once we have more information about the condition of the trees, we'll be working with the local historical society, RSL, council and residents to see what needs to be done.

"We know the Avenue of Honour is important to the Drummond community," he said.

Mayor Bill McClenaghan said the council remained committed to working with the community to support the formation of a friends group.

"The community meeting will be scheduled once the arborists report has been received from VicRoads so everyone can have a thorough understanding of the health of the trees and what may be needed to be done," he said.