Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Preston electorate

Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (12:45): (177) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and my question is: can the minister’s department provide some information regarding the semi-mountable curbs on the Bell Street bridge over Merri Creek? The bridge is well known across the Coburg and Preston areas. It has been there in one form or another for about 150 years, and the original iron lattice truss structure was built in 1880. It was widened in the 1950s and further reinforced in the 90s. Users of the bridge are interested in knowing more about the semi-mountable curbs, which are an unusual feature not found in other bridges in the area. Specifically, they are interested to know when the semi-mountable curbs were installed, what safety purpose they serve relative to more conventional barrier curbs, whether they are used on any other road bridges across Melbourne and how they are treated in national design standards. I thank the minister in advance for any information that her department can provide.