Monbulk electorate road safety
Daniela DE MARTINO (Monbulk) (17:17): (34) My adjournment matter tonight is for the attention of the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. The action I seek is that the minister join me in my electorate of Monbulk to view the road safety concerns of residents. I would first like to acknowledge the outstanding work currently being done by crews working across the ranges and particularly on Monbulk Road, where a landslip occurred late last year. I am very happy to say that stretch of road is now open in both directions. I thank the community for their patience, and I thank the minister for her continued updates on this project. A growing number of constituents have raised with my office issues concerning road safety across the Dandenong Ranges and surrounds. After large amounts of rainfall throughout 2022, our roads are in need of some repair, rehabilitation and maintenance. Increasing volumes on our roads are also making several intersections without traffic controls more difficult to navigate. As our communities continue to grow, these once rural roads are now major thoroughfares for families driving to work and school and accessing services across the hills. I welcome the chance for the minister to inspect and discuss these local roads identified by my constituents.