Wednesday, 15 September 2021

 Ms MAXWELL (Northern Victoria) (11:36): (1374) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety and relates to the Midland Link Highway, which connects Mansfield to Benalla. I am informed that a 60-kilometre section of this road is carrying approximately 3000 vehicles per day, 750 of them trucks. Some trucks can use up to 5.5 metres of the available carriageway, which is only 6 metres wide in parts. The desired solution is to widen the road by 1 metre on both sides. Some improvements have been undertaken, such as the shoulders and installation of guardrails, and 25 per cent of the road has been widened. This leaves 75 per cent still needing attention, so my question is: what is the time line for carrying out the remainder of this work to improve the safety of this section of road?