Thursday, 24 March 2022

Northern Metropolitan Region

Mr ONDARCHIE (Northern Metropolitan) (12:38): (1712) My constituency question today is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Residents in my area of Northern Metropolitan Region do not like the raised intersection speed humps on Dalton Road and Epping Road. In the past I have surveyed those residents and they have told me as much—that they want them removed. I remember witnessing a large volume of crushed rock that had come out of one of the local trucks as it went through the Dalton Road intersection—it probably came off that truck as a result of these speed humps. I also witnessed at the time a truck carrying scaffolding hitting the speed humps, and that load jumped all over the place. It was lucky it did not come off—and I thank God it did not come off—and hit a car that was travelling behind it. Minister, in response to a similar question regarding the raised intersection speed humps, you said to me:

As always, these decisions are made on the very best safety advice from our expert teams.

I asked for that safety advice, but it never, ever came. I wonder if it really exists. Minister, the question I have for you is: will you commit in the upcoming budget to funding the removal of those speed humps so my residents travelling along Epping and Dalton roads can travel along safely?