Polwarth electorate
Mr RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:45): (6270) My question this afternoon is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Like the member for Gippsland South, I would like an update or some answers on when some key roads in my electorate will be seen to for the long-suffering residents of the Polwarth electorate. The roads specifically are the Princes Highway west of Colac, which seems to be endlessly recoated with asphalt and failing, particularly the stretch at Weerite. The Gerangamete-Colac-Forrest road is a major tourism conduit that basically has no shoulders, overhanging trees and very little clearance for the major amount of traffic that it carries. The Hendy Main Road, west of the township of Torquay, is a frustration to all, and the only impact it sees from Regional Roads Victoria is to lower the speed limit to 80 kilometres an hour. There is the Coragulac-Beeac Road, and of course the dangerous and very busy stretch of the Ballarat road between Cressy and Rokewood. Minister, these are important roads, and they need urgent attention.