Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Point Cook Road–Central Avenue, Altona Meadows

Mathew HILAKARI (Point Cook) (19:20): (200) The matter that I raise is for the Deputy Premier in her role as Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. The action that I seek is for the Deputy Premier to provide an update on the status of and next steps for the Labor government’s positive plan to fix the intersection of Point Cook Road and Central Avenue. I am very pleased to see that in today’s budget we delivered on the commitment that we made to the community I represent at the last election. This project is being funded by the $674 million road blitz to get people home more quickly and safely. This is a stunning result for our community, and the community knows that only Labor delivers in Melbourne’s west. The Labor government has been committed to improving safety and shortening the travel times for all Victorians through Victoria’s Big Build. Victoria’s Big Build has greatly impacted the lives of countless Victorians through over 160 projects, both road and rail, and by employing over 20,000 people. One of these projects we have seen was the improvements to Dunnings Road and Palmers Road, roads I use very often, which makes them more reliable and safe. It is a great link to the Princes Freeway, it removes the bottlenecks and it introduces bus lanes down Palmers Road. Investment in transport and infrastructure is something that everybody in Point Cook agrees with. It is of the utmost importance: it gets us home to our family safely and it gets us home to our family more quickly. Now that the funding has been committed in today’s budget, I call on the Deputy Premier to outline the next steps.