Thursday, 30 October 2025

 James NEWBURY (Brighton) (14:49): (1359) My constituency question is to the Premier. I ask: when will the state Labor government stop pocketing federal funding delivered for a proper pedestrian crossing upgrade at Glen Huntly Road in Elwood and deliver the project? In 2022 the federal government provided 50 per cent of the costs required to build a proper crossing over Glen Huntly Road near Elster Creek. The community has been calling for a crossing for years because the site is dangerous. Initially the department bizarrely proposed to build a crossing 200 metres away from where it was needed. It was just in the wrong spot. For two years the government has blamed the local school for a delay in the crossing being built. Well, I can reveal the truth. The government has been trying to force the local school to sign off on a cheap sign instead of delivering a pedestrian-operated crossing, as promised. Rightly, the school refused to budge. I have raised that the state is brooding on the funding with the federal Treasurer. Premier, stop being a cheapskate. When are we getting the crossing?