Checkpoints for Victorian border controls look set to stay on the Lincoln Causeway until at least mid-week.
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Victoria Police say they are not running any "permanent" checkpoints but are preparing for a month-long "soft" operation.
Infrastructure at a Chiltern rest-stop on the Hume Freeway was moved to the border crossing on Monday, with 20 police officers checking cars at Gateway Village.
Not all vehicles were being diverted, with police using automatic number plate recognition technology and asking locals if they'd been outside the border area.
Victoria Police's Acting Deputy Commissioner Michael Grainger categorised Monday's set-up as unfixed.
"We have six pop-up traffic management points that will move from point to point in our various zones and then we have roving patrols on top of that," he said.
"Some time ago, we had a hard border (with) permanent vehicle checkpoints on key crossings across the border - we don't have that now.
"We found that that negatively impacted those communities in the border bubble.
"We believe the current model is far more efficient - it conjures up an image of police anytime, anywhere ... rather than the fixed border checkpoint.
"However, that still remains an option."
An additional 90 police including local officers were deployed to border controls to account for all of NSW turning 'red' under Victoria's travel permit system.
"We're accommodating our people in motels and hotels," Acting Deputy Commissioner Grainger said.
"We certainly have the capacity to create tent cities, but we haven't done that, that's not our preference.
"Previously, the ADF have been wonderful in supporting our accommodation needs throughout the summer; we haven't drawn on that at this stage because there's ample accommodation available.
"There were 112 COVID infections in NSW, and a reasonable person would assume our operation will be going for at least another month, and potentially longer."
Acting Deputy Commissioner Grainger said since June 25, six penalty notices had been issued.
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"Our highly agile model ... has been proven very effective and that's evidenced by the in excess of 28,000 checks conducted since June 25," he said.
"What we've found is that close to 99 per cent are compliant.
"We're seeing good community engagement in the border bubble.
"Our community should be comforted by the fact that we're very committed to preventing the incursion of COVID-19 back into Victoria."
