Tuesday, 2 May 2023

 Tim RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (14:43): (113) My constituency question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, and I ask: when will the geotech investigations conclude for the Mordialloc level crossing removals? As people in our local community know, the Andrews Labor government committed to making the Frankston train line level crossing free, and a key element in that agenda and that plan is to remove all the level crossings in Mordialloc. It gets you to where you need to go more safely and sooner. It takes congestion off our local roads and allows us to run more train services more often as well. We are just up the road in Parkdale at the moment, where detailed works are getting underway. Parkdale will be level crossing free by 2024, and a brand new station will be delivered. The excitement around Mordialloc and Aspendale is palpable. People want to see the aspirations of their communities realised, and these transformational projects bring so many more benefits into our communities. We are really pumped that geotech works are underway, and we are wondering when they will conclude so we can get on with some of the more important works.