Mildura electorate
Ms CUPPER (Mildura) (11:45): (2018) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads. The information I seek is an outline of time frames for improvement works to Robinvale-Sea Lake Road. This road has been the focus of sustained campaigning from the community of Manangatang for many years and quickly became one of my priority projects as the member for Mildura. The road is too narrow in parts for two cars to pass without moving onto the hard shoulder, and in some parts the shoulder is so degraded that the drop between the road surface and the dirt is 10 to 15 centimetres. On 1 October the government announced that Robinvale-Sea Lake Road would be getting urgent upgrades as part of a $600 million road blitz, but the communities of Manangatang and Robinvale are yet to see the commencement of any works along the road other than at the intersection with Hattah-Robinvale Road, which is part of a separate project. Understandably, they are growing concerned that the longer the road stays in its current dilapidated state, the higher the chance is that a serious accident will occur. I therefore seek information from the minister on the time frame for these repairs.