Evelyn electorate
Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (14:39): (452) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. What are the start and the expected completion dates for the Maroondah Highway duplication at Coldstream, including fixing the Killara Road and Station Street intersections? For years I have worked with the local community, traders, Coldstream fire brigade and Gruyere fire brigade to get the state government to fix this dangerous road. The state Labor government has no more excuses to delay this vital road safety project, because earlier this month the federal government handed down its final report into the review of transport infrastructure projects, which confirmed in black and white the commonsense outcome that the $20 million funding allocated in 2019 for this project is secure and that the Maroondah Highway, Coldstream project needs to be built. In response to my adjournment matter 401, the minister stated the government now:
… understands the importance of Maroondah Highway to the local community … and is getting on with the Maroondah Highway upgrade in Coldstream.
So with the government getting on with the upgrade, our community deserves to know when, because there should be no further delay.