Northern Metropolitan Region
Mr ONDARCHIE (Northern Metropolitan) (12:37): (1640) The constituency question I have today is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Road users in Melbourne’s north are feeling left behind by the Andrews Labor government. They are concerned about traffic and congestion and the time it takes to get to work. Disappointingly they will not be part of the smart traffic light upgrade for congested intersections. In this term of Parliament I have called on the government to investigate congested intersections in Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park, Epping, Lalor, Thomastown, Greenvale, Wollert, Fawkner, Pascoe Vale, Coburg and Reservoir and called for smart traffic light technology to be installed along Plenty Road and Cooper Street. All this is the result of surveys that constituents have responded to. It is no wonder that the residents of Melbourne’s north feel abandoned when they hear the government will be installing smart traffic light infrastructure in the south-east but none in Melbourne’s north. The question I have is: when will the government install smart traffic lights in Melbourne’s north to improve travel so my residents will not feel they are being taken for granted by this Andrews Labor government?