Wednesday, 30 October 2024

 Anthony CIANFLONE (Pascoe Vale) (15:05): (875) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. How can the Victorian government, Department of Transport and Planning, and VicRoads work with my local community to help make Melville Road safer for locals? Melville Road is an important north–south road of state significance connecting local families and residents through Pascoe Vale South, Coburg West and Brunswick West with the Bell–Melville shopping precinct, Shore Reserve, Moreland Road shopping precinct, Campbell Turnbull Library, Dunstan Reserve, Jacobs Reserve, Brunswick Secondary College, Union Square shopping centre, and importantly, both the Brunswick North West Primary School and St Joseph’s Primary School communities. However, over recent years and particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, locals have continued to raise concerns with me about the increasing congestion and dangerous and hazardous road behaviours along Melville Road that are compromising the safety of vulnerable road users. In this respect, locals would greatly welcome consideration of a number of new measures to help make the corridor safer for all, including a holistic review of the Melville Road corridor to make it safer, safer 50-kilometre speed standard limits, new dedicated 40-kilometre speed zones for Brunswick North West Primary and St Joseph’s Primary School communities, along with a whole number of other road safety measures.