Thursday, 10 March 2022

Northern Metropolitan Region

Mr ONDARCHIE (Northern Metropolitan) (12:35): (1679) Good afternoon. My constituency question today is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. I was grateful recently to be invited by local Greenvale advocate Mennan Yelkenci and Cr Jim Overend to meet with Greenvale residents and hear their concerns. I am grateful to the residents who came and spoke to me about a range of things but most importantly about traffic. The minister is aware I have previously raised Mickleham and Somerton roads in this place on their behalf. Greenvale and Westmeadows residents have also raised with me their concerns about safety and congestion at the Broadmeadows Road–Mickleham Road roundabout. They tell me it is a nightmare to access Mickleham Road each day. Trying to get to work on time in peak hour and trying to get home at the end of the day has been very, very difficult for them with increased traffic. The question I have for the minister is: will the minister, by way of directing the Department of Transport, investigate the safety and traffic flow of the roundabout where Broadmeadows Road meets Mickleham Road so my Greenvale and Westmeadows residents can get home safely to their families?