Tuesday, 14 October 2025


Constituency questions

Nepean electorate


Sam GROTH

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Constituency questions

Nepean electorate

 Sam GROTH (Nepean) (14:45): (1309) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Nepean residents have been raising ongoing concerns about unauthorised camping and occupation along the arterial road reserve on Boneo Road between Rosebud and Flinders. Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has confirmed that this land is a declared arterial road reserve for which VicRoads, and therefore the Department of Transport and Planning, is the responsible road authority. Despite this, the department continues to advise that the enforcement is a council matter, leaving residents frustrated and the issue unresolved. I will note that it resulted in a man being arrested in the last couple of weeks and those residents continuing to be put at risk. Will the minister direct the department to take immediate enforcement action under its powers as the responsible road authority to remove the unauthorised occupants from the Boneo Road reserve?