Tuesday, 17 March 2026

 Brad ROWSWELL (Sandringham) (14:38): (1564) My constituency question is to the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop. Late last year a large section of Bay Road was fenced off and lanes closed ‍– on one of the busiest arterial roads in my community – to accommodate Labor’s SRL development. Since then the Allan Labor government has forced local residents, families and businesses to endure worsening congestion, with motorists now taking up to 10 minutes or more just to crawl through the short stretch of Bay Road near Sir William Fry Reserve and the Southland shopping centre. To make matters worse, residents are now deeply concerned about the impending loss of even more of the Sir William Fry Reserve, one of the few large and open green spaces available for local families in my community. Despite these concerns, locals have received little to no communication from the government about where this stolen green space will be replaced for a like-for-like replacement. So I ask the minister: where will the equivalent green space taken by the SRL at Sir William Fry Reserve be replaced with a genuine like-for-like alternative for the residents of both Cheltenham and Highett?