Thursday, 16 November 2023

Rowville electorate

Kim WELLS (Rowville) (14:48): (436) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. When will the government replace the $110 million promised by the previous federal Liberal government to upgrade Wellington Road that was later scrapped by their federal Labor mates? Information in response to my question on notice reveals that state Labor, since coming to power in 2014, has only allocated a pitiful $5.91 million to upgrading the entire road, with only $3.21 million for the busiest section of the road, which is located in the electorate of Rowville. Yet Labor has not delivered on that pathetic excuse for funding, spending only $2.3 million on Wellington Road – that is not even half. The evidence from Labor’s lack of funding is clear: a heart-wrenching 594 crashes have taken place on the road, with 11 tragic deaths. This road is unsafe and a deathtrap.