Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Hume Freeway–Glenrowan Road, Wangaratta

Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (19:03): (773) My adjournment is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the action that I seek is for work to be undertaken to reduce the risk of accidents on the first and main exit ramp of the Hume Freeway at Wangaratta. When vehicles exit the freeway at Wangaratta they are doing about 110 kilometres an hour, and they are still doing about 100 by the time they hit that exit ramp. Glenrowan Road comes in just near that intersection. If you are sitting at that intersection and you cannot see a car coming and you take off, a car zooming in at 110 or 100 ‍kilometres an hour really is a recipe for disaster and playing Russian roulette. Many residents of Glenrowan are concerned about it. They obviously travel into Wangaratta a lot. Ian Dickson in particular navigates this intersection regularly, as do many others. I certainly implore the minister to intervene and take the appropriate measures to make sure that this intersection becomes a safer one.