Thursday, 31 October 2019

 Mr BURGESS (Hastings) (11:47): (1385) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Minister for Road Safety and the TAC. I ask: what assistance is the government able to provide regarding a major upgrade of the dangerous intersection of Tyabb-Tooradin Road, O’Neills Road and the Western Port Highway in Tyabb? On 4 October at 7.30 am two vehicles collided at that intersection. One driver was uninjured, but unfortunately the other driver died at the scene. There have been 12 road crashes with six people seriously injured at this intersection since 2008. I have been advised that the Victorian Department of Transport is planning to install side road-activated speed signs at the junction, but where people’s lives are at stake, that is just not good enough. Fix it once and fix it right. The government is trying to save itself money by putting in a cheap fix. The lives of people in my community are every bit as precious as those in Labor electorates, but you would not know it given the way Labor continues to ignore the needs of non-Labor-held electorates.

My community is calling for a permanent safety solution to be implemented with the construction of a roundabout at the intersection. The evidence is that roundabouts reduce fatalities and serious injury crashes by up to 85 per cent— (Time expired)