Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Rowville electorate infrastructure

Kim WELLS (Rowville) (09:47): This statement condemns the Allan Labor government for its continued failure to support critically needed road and transport infrastructure projects for the people of Knox. The Allan government needs to now step up and provide funding in next week’s state budget for vital Knox projects such as the Dorset Road extension and duplications of Wellington and Napoleon roads and commence works on a railway line to Rowville.

State government support has never been more important since the recent federal election and the federal Labor government’s failure to commit to or provide funding for these important road and public transport infrastructure projects for Knox. In fact it was the federal Labor government, when it came to office in 2022, that axed funding of $110 million for the Wellington Road duplication, $50 million for the Napoleon Road duplication and $475 million that had been previously committed to the Rowville railway line. Despite a major $73.5 million coalition campaign commitment announced by Aston Liberal candidate Manny Cicchiello to extend Dorset Road from Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully, through to Lysterfield Road, Lysterfield, disappointingly there was no matching project funding committed by federal Labor. Knox residents and commuters deserve so much better.