Thursday, 4 August 2022

McMahons Creek pedestrian bridge

Ms McLEISH: The saga of building the replacement bridge next to the Reefton Hotel at McMahons Creek continues. Community members have been waiting for action since 2017 when their bridge was demolished. This is way too long. The community and the local council want to know when the allocated funding will be provided to the Yarra Ranges council so they can plan and complete the build. Following years of community agitation and angst and an FOI application, the Andrews government finally committed $754 000 for the Yarra Ranges council to do the job. The project has made it to the VicRoads website, but the money has not been delivered. The council have been advised by VicRoads that the funding is not in the budget. This is just not good enough. For years children—(Time expired)