Ringwood electorate
Mr HALSE (Ringwood) (14:48): (6213) My question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Minister, when can Ringwood constituents anticipate benefiting from the removal of the dangerous and congested level crossing at Bedford Road? This week early concept designs for the 380-metre rail trench were shared with the community. Despite high awareness and massive support for this project itself, less of the community was cognisant of what the solution would be to replace the crossing. Now that they have seen that a trench will take trains beneath Bedford Road the project holds a greater sense of reality; it is becoming real. At the site boom gates are down for 23 minutes in the morning peak, more than 13 000 vehicles use the crossing every day, and every morning local buses drop a high number of students off at the local school. Needless to say, the community looks forward to reaping the benefits of this great and massive project and is eager to know roughly the time line for when it will be completed.