Thursday, 23 June 2022

Responses

Ms ALLAN (Bendigo East—Leader of the House, Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop) (17:31): The member for Bentleigh—the hardworking, energetic, focused member for Bentleigh—raised a matter on behalf of his local community regarding the South Road upgrade. The South Road upgrade is another example of another project in the electorate of Bentleigh that the member for Bentleigh has been successful in pushing through the Andrews Labor government.

I was pleased to be in the Bentleigh electorate not that long ago, where we talked about the 40 000 vehicles that travel along this part of South Road and the challenges of getting to the shops, Moorabbin station, the local council and the list goes on. There is already substantial upgrade work going on at the moment right now along South Road, with three of the five intersections already upgraded, but when I was with the member for Bentleigh a few weeks ago at South Road he did mention this issue at Tucker Road and how there can be a further improvement, a further addition to the project, that could look at addressing this issue of a new right turn from Tucker Road into South Road that would help improve that access for the local businesses and also the local community.

I can advise the member for Bentleigh that I will ask, following his advocacy and representation tonight, Major Road Projects Victoria, who are responsible for delivering this project, to investigate the opportunity to include this right turn from Tucker Road into South Road, and I will report back dutifully to the member for Bentleigh following receipt of the advice from Major Road Projects Victoria. I thank the member for Bentleigh again for the work that he does on behalf of his local community.

Another nine members raised matters for various ministers, and they will be referred to those ministers for their action and response.

The SPEAKER: Thank you. Just before the house does adjourn, I want to place on record my appreciation of the clerks and parliamentary officials who are isolating and working from home to make sure that the Parliament runs smoothly and also those that have been here holding the fort and doing a stellar job. Thank you very much for what you have done this week, on behalf of everybody.

The house is now adjourned.

House adjourned 5.33 pm until Tuesday, 2 August.