Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Evelyn electorate

Ms VALLENCE (Evelyn) (14:45): (6182) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Will the minister once and for all commit in the upcoming state budget the allocation of funds to duplicate Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, and in particular to fix the dangerous intersection at Killara Road and Maroondah Highway before there is another tragic accident, and will he provide a start date for actual roadworks? Why is the government still sitting on funding from the federal Liberal government and allowing this important road safety project to gather dust? I have raised this in Parliament at least eight times in the last three years, and Coldstream residents, traders and CFA volunteer firefighters are simply frustrated and fed up with the Andrews Labor government for dragging its feet on fixing this dangerous stretch of road and installing the traffic lights the community so deserves. The minister’s lame response when asked last year was that they were investigating treatments at the intersection. You have had 2½ years to investigate. Why is Labor delaying this and putting lives at risk? When will these works start?