Evelyn electorate
Ms VALLENCE (Evelyn) (14:52): (6484) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety on behalf of Coldstream, Yering and Gruyere residents. When will the $20 million in commonwealth road funding allocated to the state government back in 2019 be spent to fix Maroondah Highway and the dangerous intersections at Killara Road and Station Street in Coldstream? For nearly 3½ years the Andrews Labor government has been sitting on the money for this important project to duplicate Maroondah Highway and make it safer for motorists and pedestrians. Is the Premier and his Labor government waiting for another tragic accident? Can the Labor government provide certainty they will not attempt to redirect the money allocated specifically to upgrading Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, away for projects in other electorates? Last year the government said it was, and I quote, ‘investigating treatments’ for the intersection, but for years Labor has done nothing. What is the start date for these works? It seems that only a change to a Liberal government will actually get Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, fixed.