Tuesday, 2 December 2025

 Emma KEALY (Lowan) (14:51): My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the information I seek is: when will the seriously degraded and dangerous roads in the Lowan electorate be fixed and made safe? I was recently sent photos of a gaping pothole that has opened up on the Donald-Murtoa Road between Minyip and the Donald turn-off. This is a terribly, terribly dangerous pothole. It is over a metre wide, 4 to 5 metres long, with about a 100-millimetre drop-off. But it is not the only dangerous road and dangerous pothole in my electorate. The Wimmera Highway between Rupanyup and Marnoo has terrible bounces that are very, very dangerous for the vehicles that travel on that road. The Henty Highway, even in Horsham near the Dooen Road Milk Bar; the Glenelg Highway between Casterton and Coleraine; the Hamilton Highway anywhere along that road; and the Western Highway, which is still awaiting duplication – these roads are riddled with potholes and crumbling edges. I ask the minister: when will these roads be made safe?