Members statements
North East Link
Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (09:39): I wish to raise two matters this morning. The first one is in relation to the North East Link. I have been contacted again by a number of traders and residents who are having difficulty with the North East Link Authority in having that authority accept they are responsible for a large amount of dust in people’s homes or in peoples air-conditioning units in their businesses. This is like the Germans trying to deny they were responsible for the Battle of Britain. I mean, it is quite obvious that the dust is coming up from this project. I accept any new project like this is going to create that kind of disturbance, but the North East Link needs to take responsibility for their actions and support those businesses and those residents who are being adversely affected during construction. People understand that a project is going to have side effects when it is being built, but the North East Link Authority needs to actually take responsibility for their actions and support those residents and those businesses.