Friday, 14 November 2025

 Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (14:49): My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and I ask: what works will be undertaken on the South Gippsland Highway this summer to repair its shocking surface? I have raised with the minister this particular highway multiple times – it is the main thoroughfare of course through my electorate and through South Gippsland – most recently raising the stretch from Leongatha to Korumburra. But now I am getting angst from constituents on the stretch all the way from Foster to Yarram, which is in an appalling state with multiple potholes and is one of just many, many, many roads across the state in similar condition. But people from Yarram to Foster to Woodside and then further along, from Leongatha to Nyora, are all upset at the state of the road and in particular the speed reductions that keep being put in place simply because the surface of the road is so bad. I ask the minister: what will be done this summer to fix the South Gippy highway?