Brunswick electorate
Tim READ (Brunswick) (14:43): (776) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. In February last year 22-year-old Brunswick Cycling Club member Angus Collins was killed at the intersection of the Footscray Road trail and Dock Link Road. Angus was riding straight ahead on a green light, his vision blocked by a concrete pillar, just as a cement truck turned left on a green light, crossed the trail and killed him. The Age reported that the government and subcontractors had ignored warnings about this intersection. The risks of simultaneous green lights, found at multiple intersections, have been repeatedly highlighted by coroner David Ryan, and in June last year the minister informed me that her department was ‘working to review these at a network level’. How does the government plan to address the risks posed by simultaneous green lights for separated bike lanes and left-turning traffic?