Pascoe Vale electorate
Anthony CIANFLONE (Pascoe Vale) (14:48): (1141) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. What are the Victorian government, the Department of Transport and Planning and VicRoads doing to improve safety through the Moreland Road corridor? Moreland Road is a major east–west arterial road traversing through Pascoe Vale South, Brunswick West, Coburg West, Coburg and East Coburg, connecting locals from Pascoe Vale Road and CityLink in the west right over to Nicholson Street to the east. While residents have welcomed measures over recent years to make the corridor safer, including the removal of the Upfield level crossing and the new pedestrian crossing at Walhalla Street, ongoing opportunities exist to make the corridor safer. In particular the main ask from local residents is around improving safety in the vicinity of the Queen Street and Moreland Road intersection, which following the opening of the IGA supermarket continues to generate more road safety, congestion and road hazard issues for many local families. It is increasingly utilised by local families attending Coburg West Primary, St Fidelis Primary and Brunswick North Primary. It has generated two separate community petitions calling for a new crossing: over 2000 signatures on a change.org petition and almost 330 signatures on a Merri-bek council petition. Following a previous engagement, on 22 May I again met with locals Tahlia Azaria and Chris Slee at the site.