Tarneit electorate bus services
Dylan WIGHT (Tarneit) (09:46): The member for Werribee and I believe that walking is overrated. That is why we hopped on one of the newly scheduled route 170 bus services at Pacific Werribee then travelled down to the Hoppers Crossing train station. It was great to check out the new services, which are already making a difference for our communities. From 1 July the Allan Labor government has delivered 470 more weekly trips right across Wyndham. These include routes 170, 180, 190 and 192. This means more services, longer operating hours and buses running later into the evenings. For locals in Tarneit that means more freedom to get around, whether they are a student getting home after footy or cricket training, a shift worker finishing late or a family heading out for the weekend. This is all part of a record $162 million investment in new and improved bus services around the latest Victorian budget. Here in Melbourne’s west that means seven new or upgraded routes.
This investment is about strengthening connections. It is about linking our growing suburbs directly to the train stations, shopping centres and schools that keep our community running. That is why we are making sure residents have reliable and accessible public transport right on their doorstep. The Allan Labor government knows that communities in the west are growing faster than almost anywhere else in Victoria. That is why we are making record investments in the services people rely on every single day.