Tuesday, 5 May 2026

 Lauren KATHAGE (Yan Yean) (14:20): The Wallara Waters property developers need to explain to the community why they still have not built a second exit from the estate. A second exit has been planned for from the back of the estate, over the Hume and onto the Northern Highway. With our new Wallan ramps under construction, along with the supersizing of the main Wallan intersection in town, the second exit would have been very welcome right now. The state government’s new primary school has been zoned pretty much just for the estate, so it has reduced the traffic of families who need to head along Watson Street to Wallan Primary. All the same, the second exit should have been completed by now, and the community and I have waited long enough.

The budget we are delivering means we will have safety barriers installed between Donnybrae and the train station. I took the minister for a walk on Donnybrook Road to show her how pedestrians feel walking home from the train station, and she has delivered – (Time expired)