Wednesday, 19 February 2025

 Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (19:17): (1018) My adjournment is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and the action I seek today is that the minister update me on the latest rounds of works on delivering the Metro Tunnel. At long last the Metro Tunnel is tracking full steam ahead for completion this year, a year ahead of schedule. The impacts it will have for westies in my electorate of Laverton will be positively transformative. How will it help westies? Let me tell you. It means more trains more often as the Sunbury line, which takes in Sunshine, Albion and Tottenham stations in my electorate, will benefit from frequent services. It means that folks that catch the train at these stations will have direct access to the five brand new stations in the CBD, with options to change between train lines at State Library and Town Hall stations for access to the city loop. It means that our tireless city loop and Flinders Street stations will be freed up to enable more frequent services on their train lines across the network, including on the Werribee line, which is also important for my electorate. All of these things are a game changer if you are a commuter in Melbourne’s west. And over these next few months works are going to continue to chug along, excuse me for the pun, as the thousands of workers on this project – and a big shout-out to them in particular – drive us forward towards completion. It is why my community would greatly appreciate a small update on where these works are at.