Thursday, 13 November 2025

 Kim WELLS (Rowville) (14:52): My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Minister, when will you organise for the potholes along Stud Road to be properly repaired and this time fixed properly so they do not wash out again? The section between Wellington Road and Ferntree Gully Road was patched only a short while ago, but after the recent rain those repairs have already come apart. What were small patches a few weeks ago have now become deep, dangerous craters. Drivers are swerving to avoid them, tyres are being blown and suspensions are taking a beating. It is not just inconvenient anymore, it is unsafe. How stupid can the government be? They have a pothole, they pay for someone to go out there and fill it up, the rain comes along and washes it all out and all of a sudden we have got a larger pothole than what we had originally. Minister, enough is enough. Rowville residents deserve better than temporary patch jobs.