Tuesday, 20 February 2024

Hopkins Street, Footscray

Katie HALL (Footscray) (19:14): (529) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the action I seek is for the minister to meet with me and to provide a briefing on the options available to deliver better safety outcomes for road users along Hopkins Street in Footscray. As a fellow inner-west resident, the minister is aware that this stretch of road before the river crossing is a busy connection to the port and the city. The Joseph Road precinct is being developed by the Maribyrnong council, but with thousands of residents expected to move in in coming years, along with St Monica’s Primary across the road, this section of Hopkins Street will continue to be a busy thoroughfare. I have met with residents of the Joseph Road precinct whose homes border Hopkins Street who are advocating for safety upgrades on this stretch of road. And just as the minister has done before just up the road at the intersection of Hopkins and Moore streets, our community once again is asking for safety improvements on important thoroughfares that provide passage from the inner west into the city.